Union Member - here is your June 2024 e-newsletter (with updates since early May):
Convening to "Write Our Own Future"
In early June, AFT Connecticut-affiliated local union leaders gathered for our annual convention where they recommitted to membership engagement and adopted a biennial budget. Click here to watch and share a brief video featuring delegates at the event with fellow union members
Providing Guidance for Her New Colleagues
Our latest “Meet the Activists” features an emerging leader of an AFT Connecticut-affiliated local public employees union who has taken on membership engagement roles. Click here to share the social media graphic and encourage recognition of colleagues who "can be counted on."
Bringing Home the Gold for the Community
Members of affiliated local paraprofessionals and school-related personnel and PreK-12 unions organized an unprecedented event to "pass the torch of reading" to their students. Click here for a brief video with highlights of the event where they gave away 50,000 books.
Expanding, Not Privatizing a Vital Public Good *
In a recent op-ed, leaders of an affiliated local healthcare union made a compelling and timely case for investing in "the people's healthcare system." Click here for their message to elected officials currently considering the future of Connecticut’s only public medical center
