AFT Connecticut represents PreK-12 educators in local, regional and state districts across Connecticut, as well as private and charter management organization (CMO)-operated schools. Our members are proponents for fully-funding traditional neighborhood schools, holding the boards overseeing magnets and CMOs accountable, and engaging lawmakers to support quality student learning. From contract negotiations to educator evaluations to teachers’ pensions, our state federation is committed to uphold members’ rights and support their collective efforts aimed at serving Connecticut’s youth.
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Teachers News
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Securing “Protection and Much Deserved Benefits”
When working people come together and choose ‘Union YES,’ they tap a collective power that can achieve advantages nearly impossible to accomplish by individuals acting alone. The latest example is a first contract secured by recently organized members of our growing labor family that included extraordinary economic gains and unprecedented employment protections. The local Paraprofessionals…
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Showing Management that “We All Expected Accountability”
What to do when your employer’s incoming human resources (HR) director openly and publicly expresses hostility to your workplace rights before they’ve even started in their new role? That was the challenge facing leaders of two AFT Connecticut-affiliated PreK-12 and paraprofessionals and school-related personnel (PSRP) locals and their labor siblings ahead of this year’s “back…
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Bringing Our Labor Values to the Halls of Power
Of all the forms of activism, one of the most challenging is serving as an elected or appointed official. Being in the public eye and finding common ground are never easy, and what inspires and sustains those seeking to demonstrate that “labor is your neighbor” offers many valuable lessons. To highlight a few, our national…
