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 10, 2026
The Bulletin: ‘No Kings’ announces October events. What’s planned in Connecticut
September 9, 2026
The Hill: Microsoft, AFT unveil AI safety and privacy standard for schools
September 8, 2026
The Courant: Only half of CT students pass physical fitness test. ‘When it comes to fitness, we are failing’
September 4, 2026
Hartford Business Journal: State announces $10M for paraeducator healthcare aid as union calls for higher wages
September 3, 2026
New Haven Independent: Roof Leaks Plague Hillhouse’s First Week Back
September 2, 2026
The Washington Post: These activists plan to stand up to federal agents if they show up at the polls
Common Dreams: ‘At a Breaking Point’: Survey Shows Teachers Working Second Jobs, Spending Hundreds on Supplies
September 1, 2026
The Courant: CEA: CT schools starting year with 300 fewer teachers. ‘Not able to fully fund everything a child deserves’
New Haven Independent: NHPS Whistleblower Policy Adopted
August 31, 2026
NBC Connecticut News (with video): New Haven officials say schools are safe as alders seek inspections
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): New Haven students return to class as building safety concerns raised
August 28, 2026
MS Now (with video): ‘We are not powerless’: Teachers union president makes a case for voting
August 27, 2026
New Haven Independent: Schools OK $656k Math Curriculum
The CT Mirror: Ryan Fazio: All CT students should attend schools they choose
August 25, 2026
New Haven Independent: Broken Sprinkler Damages Bassett Library, Lab, Classes
The Courant: New laws will impact CT schools this year. What to know
August 18, 2026
New Haven Independent: Disabled Retired Teacher’s Health Insurance Delayed by “Miscommunication”
August 17, 2026
Public News Service (with audio): CT lawmakers support bill ending federal school voucher program
August 16, 2026
Politico: ‘Profoundly cruel’: Errors upend student loan forgiveness program
Public Employees & Higher Education News
September 14, 2026
The Courant: CT university operating under budget deficit. Undergrad enrollment plummeted; looks to cut $7M.
Inside Higher Ed: AAUP Sends Its Own ‘Call to Action’ to McMahon
September 3, 2026
The New York Times: Trump Moves to Strip Tax Exemption From Schools That Aid Minority Students
September 2, 2026
Yale Daily News: Rally seeks academic freedom, slams Trump talks and flouts protest policy
WSHU Radio News: Amid Trump pressure, Yale activists say ‘Don’t give in to a bully’
September 1, 2026
The CT Mirror: Yale demonstrators ring in semester with calls on school to ‘democratize’
New Haven Independent: Yalies Protest Potential Trump Deal
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Yale Activists Defy Rules to Warn Against Deal With Trump
Yale Alumni Magazine: Feds investigate Yale admissions practices
August 28, 2026
The CT Mirror: Union benefits package looms large over CT campaigns
The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Union Agitator
August 27, 2026
Inside Higher Ed: DOD Demands 30 American Universities Audit Foreign Partnerships
August 24, 2026
Associated Press: 3-year college degrees grow more popular in the US, saving time and cash. But critics aren’t sold
September 6, 2026
The Courant: Healthcare unions: Staffing shortages mean there are CT hospitals violating law with inadequate oversight
August 25, 2026
The Day: L+M unions picket amid stalled contract negotiations
Connecticut Public (with audio): Healthcare workers urge Yale’s L+M Hospital to raise ‘unlivable’ wages, cut mandatory on-call
August 24, 2026
The CT Mirror: Lawrence+Memorial Hospital staff seek better conditions, higher pay
CT Insider: Nurses at CT hospital say they’re burning out because of increased workload. ‘A lot of people just retire.’
August 16, 2026
The Courant: In CT emergency departments, patients may wait hours for a hospital bed. Lawmaker: ‘Unsafe and unacceptable’
September 14, 2026
Academe Magazine – Review: Clarifying How Universities Should Deal with Controversy
September 13, 2026
The Courant – Obituary: Ruth Tulin Sarah Cion
September 10, 2026
We-Ha.com – Letter: Disconnect to Reconnect: Our Middle Schools Are Phone-Free. Our High Schools Should Be, Too.
August 27, 2026
Critical Noise – History of the Present Journal: Tragedy at Vanderbilt
August 26, 2026
The Chronicle – Letter to the Editor: Bring Back the Hill Burton Act
August 20, 2026
Inside Higher Ed – Opinion: Who Really Politicized Higher Education?
