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Public Employees & Higher Education News
December 19, 2024
The Courant: Hartford school teachers to get significant raise, shorter workday in new 3-year contract
WFSB Channel 3 News: Hartford teachers to see more money, reduced work day, and incentives for recruitment
WTNH Channel 8 News (video): Hartford BOE approves teacher salary raises, reduced workdays
December 17, 2024
ABC News: Senate to vote on expanding Social Security payments for some teachers, firefighters
Nancy on Norwalk: Norwalk Public Schools Distributes 200 Boxes of Food in 30 Minutes to Families in Need
Associated Press: Jill Biden says she has closed the book on teaching at Northern Virginia Community College
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Hundreds of CT college employees overpaid 2 years ago now have to pay it back
December 16, 2024
New Haven Independent: NHPS Fills Recruitment, Retention Vacancy
The Hour: Norwalk schools hand out hundreds of boxes of food to families in need: ‘Amazing event’
People’s World: To promote workers’ priorities, AFL-CIO wades into Dem party fight
December 15, 2024
Norwalk, CT Patch: Norwalk Public Schools To Distribute 200 Boxes Of Food To Families
December 13, 2024
ChalkBeat: AI tools and student data: Teachers can endanger kids’ privacy without robust training
December 12, 2024
CT News Junkie: CEA, Other Unions Gather in DC To Demand End to Pension Charges
December 11, 2024
Government Executive: Schumer tells feds he’ll call a vote on windfall elimination provision repeal
CT Mirror: More CT teachers issuing votes of no confidence in superintendents
The New Republic: RFK’s Anti-Vaccine Zealotry Is an Existential Threat to Public Schools
December 8, 2024
The Guardian: ‘We were demonized’: labor unions win big in ruling on Wisconsin’s Act 10
USA Today: Tick-tock. Social Security Fairness Act’s nearing death without Senate vote scheduled
December 7, 2024
Daily Kos: McMahon’s misconduct allegations concern advocates for student safety
December 5, 2024
The Middletown Press: CT technical schools interim superintendent named amid recent controversy
December 4, 2024
New Haven Independent: Blatteau Reelected Teachers Union Prez
CT Insider: CT has $138.5 million set aside for school air quality. Why are there no plans to spend it?
December 3, 2024
People’s World: Wisconsin judge tosses notorious anti-union Act 10 as unconstitutional
November 26, 2024
The Washington Post: Trump’s Cabinet: Loyalists, competing ideologies and government skeptics
November 25, 2025
Punchbowl News: Trump’s Labor pick sparks rare GOP backlash
November 24, 2024
CT Insider: ‘Didn’t realize how far it had gone’: Education advocates weigh in on alleged discrimination at CTECS
Common Dreams: Unions Note Chavez-DeRemer’s Record, ‘But Donald Trump Is the President-Elect’
November 23, 2024
CT Insider: Do CT school districts need more state funding? Advocates and Lamont set up for a clash next session
November 22, 2024
CT Mirror: Education stakeholders call on the Lamont administration for more K-12 funding
CT News Junkie: 119K Commission Members, Advocates Demand More Education Funding To Meet The Need
New Haven Independent: State $$ Sought To Support Disconnected Youth
CNN: Trump chooses Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as his pick for Labor secretary
November 19, 2024
The Chief-Leader: House moves to get retired civil servants their full Social Security benefits
November 18, 2024
Yale Daily News: Alder candidates hard on crime, soft on past union tensions
Public Employees & Higher Education News
December 19, 2024
CBS News (video): Social Security Fairness Act clears key Senate hurdle, heads to final vote
December 18, 2024
CT Insider: ‘Significant’ number of Connecticut community college employees may have to return overpayments
Fox 61 News (video): Comptroller audit of CSCU reveals misuse of funds, inadequate oversight
Connecticut News 12 (video): Expensive dinners, concerts and cell phone bills. Scathing audit reveals ‘inappropriate’ spending at state colleges
CT Mirror: Nearly all CSCU presidents misspent state funds, audit finds
Connecticut Public: ‘Shocking and tone-deaf’: Comptroller releases audit into CSCU spending
CT Insider: Scathing report finds troubling spending habits, ‘poor judgment’ by a host of CSCU executives
CT Mirror: Social Security boost for some CT retirees clears hurdle in Senate
December 17, 2024
CT Insider: Connecticut lost 2,000 public sector jobs over last few months. It may be tied to education
CT Mirror: Report: Half of CT’s set-aside ‘volatile’ funds are actually stable
December 15, 2024
CT Insider: ‘We have to do something’: Lawmakers consider new legislation after report on CT’s college system
December 13, 2024
The News-Times: WestConn faculty call plan to get guidance from CSCU and Central a ‘hostile takeover’
December 12, 2024
The Daily Campus: 12 programs suspended, three cut; flat tuition and fee increases approved at Board of Trustees meeting
December 11, 2024
NBC Connecticut (with video): UConn Board of Trustees to vote on closing three programs on campus
CT Examiner: UConn to Eliminate Four Degree Programs as Part of Contentious Review
The CT Mirror: Report: ‘Guardrails’ send big money to pensions; program funds lag
December 9, 2024
CT Insider: These programs might not be offered at UConn next fall, new report on low-enrollment programs shows
The Courant: UConn identifies academic programs for closure, consolidation ahead of meeting
CT Insider: With the future of 205 UConn majors and programs under review, here’s how enrollment has changed
In These Times: The New College Gambit
December 6, 2024
The Courant: Connecticut State Colleges and Universities report calls for cuts, ‘bold decision-making’
The News-Times: CSCU failed to stop WestConn from ‘bleeding’ reserve funds, expert says: ‘Three-alarm fire’
New Britain Herald: CSU-AAUP challenges OPM report calling for cutbacks
Connecticut Public (with audio): CSCU faculty union stages walkout at Regents meeting over report recommending cuts
NBC Connecticut News (with video): State employees’ union helps collect 450 gifts for Toys for Tots
December 5, 2024
Fox 61 News (with video): CSCU staff walk out over possible staff cuts
CT Insider: Faculty at Connecticut state colleges walk out in protest of new report recommending staff cuts
CT Insider: The 5 biggest revelations from a review of Connecticut’s public college system
CT Examiner: Faculty Push Back Against Staffing Cuts Recommended for State Colleges
The Patch: Harding wants to freeze state employee wages for at least two years
Corporate Counsel: Professors Association Appoints New GC at Fractious Time
TruthOut: Academic Labor Unions Are Key to Fighting Trump’s Repressive Higher Ed Agenda
December 4, 2024
CT Insider: New report recommends drastic changes, staffing cuts at Connecticut state colleges
December 3, 2024
CT Insider: Gov. Lamont stresses need for fiscal discipline in CT’s coming legislative session
Inside Higher Education: Higher Ed Unionization Boomed Under Biden. Will That Change Under Trump?
CT News Junkie: Comptroller Forecasts $190 Million Surplus At End Of FY 2025
December 2, 2024
The Courant: CT officials hail state finances as pension fund hits $60 billion
The CT Mirror: CT reports progress on underfunded state employee pension funds
November 27, 2024
The CT Mirror: CT’s $8K per person in bonded debt leads the nation, report finds
November 21, 2024
The CT Mirror: Lamont warns ‘fixed costs’ will consume all revenue growth in next CT budget
November 18, 2024
The Bristol Press: CCSU rallies against state budget cuts
The Bulletin: Legal update: What’s the status of the battle over mandatory overtime at Backus Hospital?
December 10, 2024
Law 360: Conn. AG Invited To Weigh In On Nurses Union’s OT Dispute
December 7, 2024
Law 360: Nurses Union’s OT Suit Must Be Tossed, Hospital Says
November 27, 2024
CT Insider: Hartford HealthCare to hire armed guards at CT hospitals after staff complaints about safety
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Armed guards coming to some healthcare facilities after workers report dangers
November 26, 2024
The Day: L+M Hospital staffers help feed the community
December 16, 2024
Civic Media – The Dom Salvia Show Podcast (audio): The day after a mass school shooting. Again.
December 12, 2024
YouTube: Union members and lawmakers brave the rain to fight for fair Social Security
December 10, 2024
CNN: How Trump is giving the labor movement the blue-collar blues
December 9, 2024
The American Prospect – Column: Why Workers Deserted a Neoliberal Democratic Party
December 4, 2024
LA Times: Column: Trump has named a pro-union secretary of Labor, but will she be able to do anything for workers?
December 3, 2024
The Daily Campus: How did we get here? A historical look at UConn’s growth and budget issue
November 25, 2024
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: Linking CT union and nonprofits interests creates a partnership toward progress
November 18, 2024
Inside Higher Ed: What Is Behind FIRE’s Attacks on AAUP?
Labor Tribune – Opinion: The voters have spoken
