News Media Highlights

Choose from the menu below to select local, state and national union-related news media clips by division. Opinion pieces, regardless of the relevant membership constituency, are listed separately. 

Click here to access our Twitter feed (select news and opinion).

Click here to access our Facebook fan page (limited news and opinion).

PreK-12 & PSRP News

Public Employees & Higher Education News

Healthcare News

Opinion

PreK-12 & PSRP News

March 17, 2024
The Courant: Hartford Public Schools announces Teacher of the Year nominees. Here’s who made the list

March 16, 2024
The Day: ‘Targeted’ for union activity: Longtime Salem teacher returned to duty by arbitrator
The Courant: Can CT towns work together? Lamont broaches step toward regionalization

March 15, 2024
New Haven Register: Quality-of-life issues dominate first New Haven budget hearing

March 14, 2024
CT Insider: Is CT’s teacher certification process too burdensome? Lawmakers weigh changes

March 13, 2024
Associated Press: President Biden meets with Teamsters as he seeks to bolster his support among labor unions

March 11, 2024
Education Week:Biden’s Budget Proposes Smaller Bump to Education Spending

March 9, 2024
New Haven Register: West Haven recruitment and retention plan aims for racially diverse education workforce

March 8, 2024
New Haven Register: Effort to preserve Italian American history of New Haven’s Wooster Square draws generations

March 6, 2024
Financial Times: America’s most powerful union leaders have a message for capital
Yale Daily News: City leaders react to Elicker’s budget proposal

March 5, 2024
Patch: Former School Nurse Named West Haven’s Irishwoman Of The Year

March 2, 2024
CNN (with video): No Labels aims to swing at Biden even as its own plan remains unclear

February 29, 2024
The Hour: Norwalk school board appoints assistant legal counsel for $150K, who will ‘deal with labor relations’

February 27, 2024
Politico: Teachers unions urge House to sink bill expanding Pell grants to short-term programs

February 23, 2024
New Haven Register: West Haven teachers win MARB’s approval of contract; police sent back to drawing board

February 19, 2024
Northwest Labor Press: AFL-CIO condemns Hamas attacks, calls for cease-fire

Public Employees & Higher Education News

March 15, 2024
EdSource: Senators demand answers on major loan servicer’s ‘egregious’ business practices

March 11, 2024
CT Examiner: UConn Faculty Question Contractor’s Role in Budget Cuts

March 8, 2024
Word in Black: 5 Key Black Issues Biden Put in the Spotlight

March 6, 2024
Inside Higher Ed: Debating the State Role in Replacing Federal Pandemic Relief
CT News Junkie: Gov. Lamont Reaches Tentative Deal for 2.5% Wage Increase with Connecticut’s Unionized Workforce
The Daily Campus: ‘That’s why I have 86 meetings scheduled!’ – UConn President Maric addresses critics at University Senate

March 5, 2024
The Daily Campus: “Catastrophic and Operationally Impossible” – Town Hall over budget cuts turns fiery
CT Insider: Lamont announces deal with state employee labor unions to extend 2.5% pay increases into 2025

March 4, 2024
CT Mirror: CSU faculty union refuses retirement buyouts
BNN: Connecticut Faculty Union Rejects Retirement Incentive Amid Higher Ed Funding Crisis

February 29, 2024
The Daily Campus: Board of Trustees meeting overshadowed by protest
USA Today: Major student loan company MOHELA accused of ‘deflecting’ calls, mismanagement
Diverse Issues in Higher Ed – Top Women 2024: Dr. Irene Mulvey, American Association of University Professors

February 28, 2024
News Channel 8 (with video): UConn students, faculty rally against budget cuts
NBC Connecticut (with video): UConn students, staff speak out about proposed budget cuts
Southern News: CSUs urge Governor Lamont to fund higher education

February 27, 2024
The Daily Campus: UConn faculty concerned with university’s communication on budget situation

February 26, 2024
The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Rise of the Faculty Budget Activist

February 21, 2024
WSHU: CT college students, administrators ask for almost $100 million more from the state
CT Examiner: Packed Hearing as UConn, State Colleges and Universities Press Legislators for Added Funding
The Courant: UConn, CT state college leaders seek millions for campuses, amid ‘a massive burden on our students’
CT Insider: UConn asks for $47 million more to avoid cuts: ‘Reduction will have to happen’

February 20, 2024
The Daily Campus: UConn students to attend budget hearing
CT Public (with audio): CT higher education advocates continue to sound the alarm over proposed state budget cuts
CT News Junkie: Advocates Rally Against Higher Education Budget Cuts, Urge Fiscal Flexibility
The CT Mirror: CT higher ed students, faculty plead for funding boost at hearing
NBC Connecticut News (with video): CT colleges and universities want more funding for higher education
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness Nws (with video): Colleges & universities warn cuts could be coming

Healthcare News

March 15, 2024
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Healthcare workers want more protections after visiting nurse’s death

March 7, 2024
CT Mirror: CT legislators aim to curb private equity investment in health care

March 5, 2024
CT Mirror: What if a local hospital goes broke? CT lacks receivership authority
West Haven, CT Patch: Former School Nurse Named West Haven’s Irishwoman Of The Year

February 26, 2024
CT Insider: Health care worker safety reform in CT urgent due to ‘epidemic’ violence, advocates say

Opinion

March 15, 2024
Common Dreams – Opinion: Biden, Listen to Students and Declare a Climate Emergency

March 13, 2024
Americas Workforce Union Podcast (audio): AFT president shares her experience as a female labor leader
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: Redefining right-sizing — a vision for CT’s higher education

March 6, 2024
Newsweek – Opinion: As Elections Heat Up, Democracy Needs Our Help

March 2, 2024
Common Dreams – Opinion: Could the Traditional Pension Plan Make a Comeback?

March 1, 2024
CT Viewpoints – Commentary: Making sense of the UConn budget
The Daily Campus – Editorial: UConn: Public university, private jets

February 26, 2024
The Daily Campus – Op-Ed: Support UConn graduate student protest
The New York Times – Letter: Defending Academic Freedom on Campus

February 23, 2024
The Courant – Op-Ed: CT state college and university chancellor: Will we stifle workforce growth and economic future?

February 22, 2024
The Courant: Seema Pillai: CT health care workers need and deserve better protection

February 21, 2024
Inside Higher Ed – Opinion: The Black History Higher Ed Needs Now