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PreK-12 & PSRP News

December 11, 2024
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

November 15, 2024
Newsnation – On Balance (video): Listen to the teachers, pleads teachers’ union president

November 14, 2024
Connecticut Post: Connecticut teacher pension system leads to inequality between school districts, report says
Barron’s: Bill to Expand Social Security for Some Public Servants Advances in Congress

Public Employees & Higher Education News

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
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

November 15, 2024
Inside Higher Ed: How Higher Ed Can ‘Safeguard’ for Democracy
The Courant: Cuts, tuition hikes at CT colleges ‘risk the future of the state,’ staff and students say
Connecticut Public (with audio): CSCU unions paint picture of system in decline, demand increased funding
The CT Mirror: Lamont moves to tighten CT spending despite projected surplus

November 13, 2024
CNBC: The House just voted ‘yes’ on a bill that would increase Social Security checks for some pensioners
Connecticut Mirror: Social Security bill to raise benefits for some CT retirees clears House
Inside Higher Ed: Many Faculty Say Academic Freedom Is Deteriorating. They’re Self-Censoring.

Healthcare News

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

Opinion

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

November 16, 2024
Apple Podcasts – Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast (audio): Kurt Andersen & Randi Weingarten