From: Matt O'Connor via ActionNetwork.org ActNetReply@aftct.org Subject: Inside AFT CT: Your November E-Newsletter Date: November 2, 2023 at 6:31 PM To: AFTCT@aftct.org
Union Member - here is your November 2023 e-newsletter (with updates since early October): Securing Significant Investments through Coalition Negotiations * Our latest collective bargaining report highlights an unprecedented stipend payment paraprofessionals and school-related personnel (PSRP) union members won following a successful statewide legislative action campaign. Click here to learn more about the agreement coalition leaders reached with elected officials to offset healthcare costs. Showcasing a Member's Collaboration with Local Organizations Our latest "Meet the Activists" features an AFT Connecticut-affiliated local PreK-12 union leader whose commitment to his students earned national recognition and grant funding. Click here to motivate your colleagues to submit a nomination by sharing the latest graphic on social media. Delivering Real Solutions for Communities in Need In mid October, members of two affiliated healthcare unions handed out over 400 free books to families at a clinic in Hartford's North End. Click here for a collage of photographs full of smiles at their joint "Reading Opens the World" event. Resisting a Nightmarish Future for Those They Serve * Activists organized a Halloween-themed demonstration last month aimed at exposing the harm of layoffs in Connectcut's public colleges and universities to students and communities. Click here to share higher education union members' message demanding better than budget cuts to already skeletal services.