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
September 2, 2025
Yale Dailey News: Immigration activists keep pressure on Avelo over ICE contract
September 1, 2025
New Haven Independent: 3 Yalies Make Pre-Primary Closing Pitch
August 30, 2025
The Courant: CT teen taken by ICE to be released. Teachers are ‘relieved but furious’
NBC Connecticut (video): New Haven community rallies ahead of student’s bond release from ICE detention
August 29, 2025
New Haven Independent: City, Cross Prepare To Welcome Esdrás Home
CT News Junkie: Labor Leaders, Elected Officials Denounce Latest Trump Attacks On Federal Unions
August 27, 2025
Fox 61 (with video): New Haven Public Schools short dozens of teachers to start 2025-2026 school year
August 26, 2025
CT News Junkie: Panel Urges Action On School Funding In CT
New Haven Independent: NHPS Hires New Asst. Superintendent
Education Week: AI Is Changing Teaching, But Few Labor Contracts Reflect It
August 23, 2025
New Haven Register: New Haven Public Schools has nearly 90 teacher vacancies heading into 2025-26 school year
August 22, 2025
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Connecticut teachers and union leaders urging governor and lawmakers to fund education
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): State leaders support bill that would give tax credits to educators
August 21, 2025
Reuters: US labor, advocacy groups urge states to reject Tesla’s $29 billion Musk pay
August 19, 2025
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): New Hartford superintendent addresses school board for the 1st time
CBS News – CBS Mornings (with video): How AI is changing the work of teachers in the classroom
August 18, 2025
The Courant: New CT school leader on mission to change trajectory of young people’s future
CT Insider: Many CT teachers say they pay out-of-pocket for classroom school supplies: ‘It all falls on the teacher’
August 17, 2025
USA Today: Oklahoma will require teachers from NY, CA to prove they back ‘America First’
August 14, 2025
Forbes: AI In The Classroom: A Roadmap For Educators And Innovators
19th News: From tissues to tariffs: The school supply debate just got political
August 12, 2025
Education Week: Federal Appeals Court Ruling Allows DOGE Access to Education Department Data
August 11, 2025
Peoples World: Latino labor organization pushes unity among all workers
Next Gov: Teachers union looks to states and industry for AI regulation absent federal action
August 9, 2025
The New York Times: Union Leaders Get Tough With Democrats as Members Drift Toward Trump
August 8, 2025
Boston Globe: Jorge Elorza’s big bet on school vouchers
New Haven Independent: Protesters Rally For Trans Lives
New Haven Independent: Alder Drops In — & Out — At Presser
Greater New Haven Arts Council – Blog: Hundreds Rally For Trans Rights Downtown
August 7, 2025
Nancy on Norwalk: Norwalk Board Approves $3.5 Million Transfer to Support School Budget
August 6, 2025
Chalkbeat: AI teacher tools display racial bias when generating student behavior plans, study finds
New Haven Independent (with video): Blatteau: The Teacher Retention Crisis Continues
August 4, 2025
New Haven Independent: NHPS Drafts New AI Policy
New Haven Independent: Natal, Laughter Qualify For Ballot
WSHU-AM Radio News (with audio): CT high school student detained by ICE, community members fight for his release
August 2, 2025
New Haven Register: New Haven high school student’s deportation paused after flight canceled, attorney says
August 1, 2025
CT Insider: Trump’s big bill lets states choose to opt into a new national school voucher program. Will Connecticut?
People’s World: AFL-CIO rolls out nationwide plans for Labor Day
July 31, 2025
New Haven Register: Yale teaching fellowship program expands to strengthen teacher pipeline in New Haven
News Channel 8 (with video): Community fighting for return of New Haven high school student detained by ICE
Yale Daily News: Locals protest ICE’s detainment of high school student
Greater New Haven Arts Council: Hundreds Rally For Wilber Cross Student Detained By ICE
July 21, 2025
New Haven Register: ‘Bring Esdrás Home’: New Haven rallies for high school student detained by ICE
July 30, 2025
The Courant: Rally planned for CT high school student seized by ICE
Yale Daily News: Hundreds call for affordable housing and job opportunities at union-led rally
WSHU-AM Radio News (with audio): The Trump administration released $10.8 million for CT after-school programs
New Haven Independent: Hundreds Rally For Yale Contribution
Fox 61 News (with video): Hundreds rallied in New Haven demanding affordable housing, union jobs and youth opportunities
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Community holds rally after New Haven high school student taken by ICE
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Community rallies for New Haven student detained by ICE
April 29, 2025
New Haven Register: Those at workers’ rights rally wary of CT’s cost of living: ‘New York prices on a New Haven budget’
New Haven Register: Rally planned Wednesday for New Haven high school student detained by ICE
New Haven Independent: Teachers Speak Out For ICE-Detained Student
New Haven Independent: ICE-Detained Teen Located In New Hampshire As Community Rallies
July 28, 2025
Education Week: Sandy Hook Survivor: Teachers Need a Louder Voice in School Safety Debates
Public Employees & Higher Education News
August 26, 2025
Diverse Education: Texas A&M Doctoral Student Remains in ICE Detention as Immigration Crackdown Spreads Fear Across Campuses
August 25, 2025
The Christian Science Monitor: The US used to be a haven for research. Now, scientists are packing their bags.
August 23, 2025
The Guardian: ‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US campuses bruised and changed by Trump’s assault
August 20, 2025
The Hechinger Report: A ‘Great Defection’ threatens to empty universities and colleges of top teaching talent
The New York Times: Trump’s Tactics Mean Many International Students Won’t Make It to Campus
August 19, 2025
Inside Higher Ed: ‘Higher Ed Alone Cannot Save Democracy’
August 18, 2025
Bloomberg Law – Daily Labor Report: Unions ‘Wait and See’ on Elections as Trump Upends Labor Arena
UPI: DOE announces student loan forgiveness program rule change
August 13, 2025
Inside Higher Ed: Trump Order on Grants Puts Politics Above Peer Review, Researchers Say
August 12, 2025
NewsTimes: UConn closes seven academic programs, plans to review 70 more
Inside Higher Ed: After Months of Lawsuits, Courts Stymie Some of Trump’s Higher Ed Agenda
August 7, 2025
New Haven Register: Rally in New Haven condemns CT hospitals’ decisions to end gender-affirming health care for minors
Fox 61 News (with video): Rally in New Haven – Activists push for transgender healthcare protection
The CT Mirror: Legislators mull how CT should react to One Big Beautiful Bill
August 3, 2025
The New York Times: A Tiny Conservative News Outlet Pioneered the Attack on Higher Education
August 1, 2025
The CT Mirror: Lamont to spare UConn, CSCU from required spending cuts
July 30, 2025
CNBC: 38-year-old woman has already waited eight months in a 65,448-person backlog for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
July 29, 2025
Diverse Issues in Higher Education: DOJ Investigation into George Mason Faculty Senate Sparks Academic Freedom Concerns
August 20, 2025
CT Insider: Murphy’s report details conditions inside Prospect’s three CT hospitals. ‘It was terrible’
Sept 1, 2025
You Tube: Labor Day Live with The Contrarian (Video)
August 29, 2025
CT Mirror – Opinion: This Labor Day, let’s honor workers by actually listening to them
August 27, 2025
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: CT’s working students and their educators need immediate action
August 26, 2025
The Hill – Opinion: To fight antisemitism in schools, help teachers, don’t blame them
August 8, 2025
CT Mirror: Opinion:Expanded paid leave will benefit CT schools workforce
