From: Matt O'Connor via ActionNetwork.org ActNetReply@aftct.org Subject: Inside AFT CT: Your August 2025 E-Newsletter Date: August 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM To: moconnor@aftct.org
Union Member - here is your August 2025 e-newsletter (with updates since early July): Demonstrating "What Collective Action Does" An AFT Connecticut-affiliated healthcare union's negotiating committee recently deployed a combination of member involvement and community engagement tactics to secure a strong successor contract. Learn more about their landmark economic gains and improved workplace conditions in our latest collective bargaining wins report. Empowering Colleagues and Those He Serves Our latest "Meet the Activists" features an emerging PreK-12 union leader who has stepped up to engage educators and students in making positive change. Share his story on social media and encourage fellow members to nominate an advocate for a future spotlight. Taking the Oath to Defend Our Movement The vice presidents and officers elected at our annual convention in May to serve through 2027 came together last month to be sworn in. See and share photos from their meeting and ceremony, which was officiated by a fellow Connecticut labor leader. Demanding a Combination of "Gratitude with Action" * Our state federation's vice president for paraprofessionals and school-related personnel (PSRP) called for real solutions to Hartford's worsening learning crisis in a recently published op-ed. Read and pass along her powerful message urging investments in the "unseen hands holding up our educational system."