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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Tapping the “Resources to Take the Federal Government On
The White House has taken aim at higher education, withholding federal funding from institutions that won’t bend to its political pressure tactics. At the same time, the Trump Administration is sabotaging student debt relief, denying access to tools aimed at college access and affordability for those who might benefit most. Members of AFT Connecticut-affiliated unions…
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Speaking Out for the Resources to Protect Communities
The purpose of the federal Department of Education (DOE) is to level the playing field and close opportunity gaps for students across the country. In a recent letter to the editor, Meriden Federation of Teachers President Lauren Mancini-Averitt (speaking in photo, above) shared why dismantling the agency will harm local communities like hers. She made…
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Laying the Groundwork for “Showing Up Stronger”
“Strength in numbers” is a central principle of our labor movement because it is consistently proven true in the workplace and at the negotiating table. Leaders of an AFT Connecticut-affiliated local paraprofessionals and school-related personnel (PSRP) union realized its promise with a landmark agreement secured after nearly doubling the size of their membership. Unprecedented gains…
