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.
Public Employees & Higher Education News
April 16, 2026
The CT Mirror: Pressed for immediate aid, Lamont launches study on education
Rolling Stone Magazine: Can America’s Working Class Organize Before AI Crushes It?
April 15, 2026
CT Public (with audio): Working class advocates call for a CT Billionaire’s Tax, raising debate amid rising costs nationwide
April 14, 2026
The Courant: Rally planned at CT State Capitol on ‘Tax Day’ calling for greater fairness for middle class
April 13, 2026
NBC Connecticut (with video): Hartford city council reviewing school budget, looking at possible help with $70M deficit
April 9, 2026
CT Insider: ‘Damage has already begun’: CT school leaders plead for more state aid to prevent layoffs, closures
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Connecticut families, lawmakers address need for education funding amid budget deficits
April 7, 2026
The Charger Bulletin: Third wave of No Kings brings thousands to New Haven Green
April 6, 2026
The Courant: CT district is paying a company to bring students back. Advocates say it undermines desegregation
FinanceBuzz: New Bill Would Eliminate Income Taxes for Nearly 130 Million Americans
People’s World: May Day Strong Movement maps plans at nationwide meeting
April 3, 2026
The Courant: State finds ‘major discrepancy’ after CT school district announced financial crisis
April 1, 2026
The Record-Journal: Facing $6.3M budget shortfall, Meriden students, teachers push for more state aid
The CT Mirror: CT educators alarmed as lawmakers advance budget without key boost for schools
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Community seeking more state funds for Meriden schools
Associated Press: Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from ‘AI slop’ videos
March 28, 2026
Yale Daily News: Thousands flock downtown for third nationwide ‘No Kings’ protest
New Haven Independent: No Kings, In Photos
Associated Press: ‘No Kings’ rallies draw crowds across US, in Europe. Springsteen headlines Minnesota demonstration
March 27, 2026
The CT Mirror: School crisis drills in CT get rules and standards with new law
March 26, 2026
Yale Daily News: School district leaders present to alders plan to improve facilities
New Haven Independent: People Join Puppets, Paper Cranes To Cry, “No Kings!”
NBC News (with video): Teachers union leader blasts Melania Trump’s robot pitch: ‘Every parent’s nightmare’
Common Dreams: ‘The Current Tax Code Is Rigged,’ Plus 6.2 Trillion Other Reasons to Tax America’s Ultrarich
March 25, 2026
CT Insider: Hartford school district raises pay for special education, high-need teachers
March 23, 2026
CT Insider: See where ‘No Kings’ protests are being held in Connecticut this weekend
March 20, 2026
New Haven Independent: Overworked, Not Lazy: Teachers Push Back On Absences Report
Education Week: Teachers Move Beyond AI Basics to More Sophisticated Instructional Uses
Public Employees & Higher Education News
April 14, 2026
CT Insider: Firm recommends changes at UConn to address low faculty morale, overburdened staff, inefficiencies
Hartford Business Journal: State, unions to review telework policy under new labor deal
April 13, 2026
CT Insider: Deal reached for 45,000 Connecticut state employees with 2.5% raises
Westfair Business Journal: Lamont submits SEBAC agreement to General Assembly
The CT Mirror: Lamont delivers pledged raises to CT state employees
Insight Into Academia: AAUP, AFT Unveil Election-Year Blueprint to Counter Trump’s Higher Ed Agenda
April 12, 2026
CT Insider: AI reading your resume? This Connecticut bill would require employers to tell you
April 8, 2026
Inside Higher Ed: After Inflation, Faculty Salaries Declined This Fall
April 7, 2026
Yale Daily News: Student leaders back faculty academic freedom demands in resolution
April 6, 2026
The Courant: UConn faculty call out closure of small programs, say they fear bigger cuts ahead
April 2, 2026
Georgetown University – The Feed Blog: More colleges ramp up 3-year bachelor’s degree offerings
April 1, 2026
Inside Higher Ed: ‘Potentially Existential’: Higher Ed Denounces Proposed Federal Funding Strings
March 25, 2026
The CT Mirror: CT House approves contract with new round of state worker raises
March 23, 2026
Inside Higher Ed: Dozens of Organizations Urge Congress to Plug Pell Funding Gap
March 21, 2026
CT Insider: Why Connecticut could shield college course syllabuses from the public
April 9, 2026
LGBTQ Nation: These hospitals caved to Trump & cut trans health care. Now a court is making them bring it back.
ProPublica: For-Profit Hospital Chain Never Put Aside Money for Malpractice Insurance to Compensate Injured Patients
April 10, 2026
CT Viewpoints – Op-Ed: Don’t dismantle the Office of Health Strategy
March 31, 2026
The Daily Campus – Opinion: Misguided Budget Plan Jeopardizes Educational Mission
March 26, 2026
CT Insider – Opinion: Connecticut health system CEOS make $5M+. A nurse earns $40.02 an hour. Change is overdue
March 20, 2026
CT Examiner – Op-Ed: Hartford’s New Pay Raise for Special Educators Won’t Benefit Me, But It’s Still the Right Call.
