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Public Employees & Higher Education News
December 7, 2023
USA Today: Tears, frantic texts: Survivors of Las Vegas campus shooting recount trauma and tragedy
December 6, 2023
Forbes: Lawmakers Push Forward On Legislation To Expand Community Schools
November 29, 2023
The Middletown Press: Lamont suggests offering cash bonuses to Connecticut teachers from federal pandemic relief funds
November 28, 2023
People’s World: Anti-MAGA majority keeps winning victories despite gloom and doom polls
November 26, 2023
The Hill: How school boards became one of democracy’s front lines
November 21, 2023
Capitol and Main: Is Affordable Housing a New Worker’s Right?
The Guardian: The Moms for Liberty platform is extreme – and most voters are loudly rejecting it
November 18, 2023
The Hill: Conservatives not planning to shift education messaging ahead of 2024
November 17, 2023
The American Prospect: Right-Wing School Board Groups Posted Losses at the Ballot Box
November 16, 2023
Washington Post: As mass shootings multiplied, the horrific human cost was concealed
People’s World: Labor calls out Artificial Intelligence for its threat to jobs
November 15, 2023
The American Prospect: Right-Wing School Board Groups Posted Losses at the Ballot Box
November 11, 2023
The Hour: 3 Norwalk school board newcomers prioritize teacher voices, collaboration
November 10, 2023
The Washington Post: Voters drub Moms for Liberty ‘parental rights’ candidates at the ballot
USA Today: In school board elections across America, voters offer stunning rebuke of culture war politics
The Independent: Moms for Liberty and the ‘parental rights’ agenda flopped in this week’s elections
The Root: Voters to Conservatives: Stop Banning Black Books
November 9, 2023
The Hour: Liberal and moderate candidates take control of school boards in contentious races across US
November 7, 2023
CT Examiner: Rolling Coverage: A Big Night for Democrats in Local Elections
November 6, 2023
The Huffington Post: Union Says Right-Wing Group Used ‘Trickery’ To Try To Get Teachers To Drop Membership
Public Employees & Higher Education News
December 7, 2023
Audacity: Connecticut state college and university tuitions to rise
November 28, 2023
Wisconsin Public Radio (audio): New report shows adjunct faculty in colleges underpaid, fear lack of job security
November 17, 2023
The CT Mirror: Why Lamont can’t fully make his case on CT higher education cuts
November 16, 2023
Connecticut Public: CSCU weighs options to mitigate $140 million budget shortfall
November 15, 2023
The Courant: Connecticut State Colleges and Universities meet deficit with multimillion dollar cuts to operations
The CT Mirror: How CT’s regional colleges want to mitigate $140M budget shortfall
New Haven Register: ‘We can’t be silent’: CSCU students, faculty rally against proposed tuition hikes, budget cuts in CT
CT Examiner: Community Colleges Consider More Online Courses, Program Cuts Amid Projected Deficits
NBC Connecticut: CSCU students, faculty speak out against proposed budget cuts and tuition hikes
November 14, 2023
Daily Voice: UConn In Storrs Face Cuts To Services, Price Hikes As Funding Disappears
November 13, 2023
Inside Higher Ed: Colleges Predict Tuition Increases, Layoffs Under Proposed Overtime Rule
Diverse Issues in Higher Education: AFT Calls on Colleges to Respect Freedom of Speech and Fight Hate on Campus
November 12, 2023
The CT Mirror: CT higher education faces big cuts as pandemic funds disappear
November 10, 2023
Higher Ed Dive: This week in 5 numbers: Another private college unveils heavy cuts
November 6, 2023
Higher Ed Dive: Adjunct faculty face low pay, minimal administrative support, AFT finds
December 7, 2023
Associated Press: A Nurse’s Fatal Last Visit to Patient’s Home Renews Calls for Better Safety Measures
December 6, 2023
The Patch: Governor, UConn Announce Strategic Vision For UConn Health Future
The Courant: State to explore options for UConn Health amid ongoing financial problems
December 4, 2023
CT Insider: Three years after closure of Windham Hospital birthing unit, CT OKs the decision — with a condition
CT News Junkie: State Health Care Officials Approve Plan to Close Windham Hospital Labor and Delivery Services
NBC Connecticut News (with video): State OKs Windham Hospital ending labor and delivery services with conditions
November 1, 2023
The CT Mirror: CT approves closure of labor and delivery at Windham Hospital
November 30, 2023
CT Insider: CT probes critical-care cutbacks at Windham Hospital
November 30, 2023
The CT Mirror: CT presents draft settlement in YNHH-Prospect hospitals sale
November 27, 2023
The Nation: Can Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Fix Hospitals’ Staffing Crisis?
November 14, 2023
The CT Mirror: Awaiting state decision, advocates protest proposed Windham Hospital birthing unit closure
November 13, 2023
CT Mirror: Medical staff, CT legislators rally for Prospect hospitals’ sale to Yale New Haven Health
The Courant: The CT hospitals face a situation called ‘dire.’ Doctors and other joined the fight to save them
CT Insider: ECHN workers, legislators rally to push through sale of Prospect Medical’s CT hospitals to Yale
CT News Junkie: Lawmakers and Medical Staff Push for Yale-New Haven Health’s Purchase of Struggling Healthcare Network
Connecticut Public (with audio): Medical workers and lawmakers rally in Hartford amid uncertain future for 3 CT community hospitals
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Medical workers call for helping three struggling hospitals
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Health care workers from 3 Conn. hospitals hold rally at state capitol
Fox 61 News (video): Windham Hospital advocates rally for labor and delivery unit to reopen
Fox 61 News (video): Healthcare workers rally in support of the Eastern Connecticut Health Network urging action
November 6, 2023
The Courant: CT visiting nurses seek protection in wake of brutal slaying. ‘People forget about the dangers’
December 5, 2023
CT Examiner – Opinion: The Point of Healthcare is Not Just Profits and Growth, it’s Treating Patients
December 2, 2023
The Messenger – Opinion: Parents and Teachers Agree: Kids Need Strong Public Schools — Not Culture Wars
AFTHQ YouTube Channel (video): Teacher Burnout Solutions in New Haven CT
November 29, 2023
Tavis Smiley Podcast (audio): Randi Weingarten joins Tavis Smiley
November 22, 2023
Daily Kos – Commentary: GOP’s long-term plan to kill public schools in America might be succeeding
November 21, 2023
CT Mirror: PODCAST: The Prospect-Yale New Haven Health saga continues
November 13, 2023
Apple Podcasts – Union Talk (audio): The Core Values of the AFT
November 14, 2023
The Hill – Opinion: Did last week’s elections mark the end of the anti-woke ‘parents’ rights’ movement?
November 13
CT Mirror: PODCAST: With pandemic funds running out, CT higher education faces major cuts
November 12, 2023
The Young Turks You Tube Channel (video): Right-Wing Group Tries To Pull A Fast One On Union Teachers
