AFT Connecticut

08/31/2026

“We have contract language actually that states the board agrees to provide for adequate facilities and equipment necessary to maintain a high standard of health and safety.” AFT Teach NHFT - New Haven Federation of Teachers

The night before New Haven students return to school, some city alders are raising concerns about conditions inside several school buildings and calling for inspections of all schools citywide. The Board of Alders’ Education Committee sent a seven-page letter Friday to city agencies requesting the...

08/28/2026

This month’s Meet the Activist features an A&R Employees Union member who has dedicated decades to serving CT’s residents, Patrick Lamb! Know an activist like Patrick? Nominate them: tinyurl.com/MeetTheActivistsAFTCT

08/28/2026

"...the policing of certain scholarship that is constructed as the antithesis of academic values is dangerously tied to the policing of entire communities on our campuses and within our nation." American Association of University Professors

There is a line of argument in Emmanuel Lévinas’s 1951 essay “Is Ontology Fundamental?” that guides many of my assumptions about what it means to think. Lévinas is discussing Heidegger’s argument that to think is to throw oneself into history and its unfolding dramas. According to Lévinas...

08/28/2026

“We know for every kid we don’t see outside playing in a playground, they’re most likely inside on a screen. So that brings us back to, if we have precious hours inside of school, let’s make every effort to minimize time on screens.” AFT Teach NHFT - New Haven Federation of Teachers

Despite screen time concerns.

08/27/2026

"...they endowed neighboring hospitals by giving away our generations of local and full service care." AFT Nurses & Health Professionals AFT Connecticut Hope Unions Windham United to Save our Healthcare

08/27/2026

08/27/2026

NEW: Teachers earned 25.2% less than comparable college graduates in 2025, according to our new report with Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). This decades-long teacher pay penalty has taken a heavy toll on public education.

Teacher pay has fallen further and further behind. After accounting for inflation, public school teachers' weekly wages FELL 6.2% over the past three decades, while wages for other college graduates rose 28.8% over the same period.

Teachers were paid less than other college graduates in every state, with relative teacher pay gaps ranging from 10.4% in Rhode Island to 40.7% in Colorado. The teacher pay penalty was at least 25% in 25 states.

👉 Competitive pay is necessary to attract and retain qualified teachers. Reversing these trends will require targeted, sustained investment in public education at the local, state, and federal levels.

Read the report: https://www.epi.org/publication/the-teacher-pay-penalty-remained-high-in-2025-teachers-and-students-nationwide-are-still-paying-the-price-of-decades-of-neglect/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

08/27/2026

“The first days of school should be filled with magic and wonder, not stress and confusion for students, educators, and families.” AFT Teach NHFT - New Haven Federation of Teachers

Less than a week before the first day of school.

08/26/2026

WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors President Todd Wolfson issued the following response to the Department of War directing 30 universities to begin comprehensive reviews of their academic, financial and research collaborations with foreign e...