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Matt O'Connor via ActionNetwork.org moconnor@aftct.org Inside AFT CT: Your June E-Newsletter June 6, 2019 at 6:45 PM moconnor@aftct.org
Affiliated Union Member - here is your June, 2019 e-newsletter (with updates since early May): Making Professional Learning "Personal and Relevant" The commitment to building capacity for our state federation’s popular career advancement, worksite safety and labor leadership courses has been demonstrated by recent course offerings. Click here for our latest professional development (PD) report highlighting presentations by both accredited professional and home-grown trainers. Showing Solidarity for Caregivers Facing Common Challenges Members of affiliated local unions at Prospect Medical Holdings-owned hospitals in late May joined their colleagues at the company's Waterbury acute care facility. Click here for photos of the community-led speak out and prayer circle they turned out to support. Demonstrating that "We Are Windham" * Teachers in Windham in late May once again mobilized their community to support their district's schools in a town-wide referendum on the education budget. Click here to watch the brief video local teachers organized to deliver the "Vote YES" message to residents. Seeking Answers to Members' Educational Philanthropy Questions AFT Connecticut’s president and our Norwalk teachers' union president in late May sat down with the director and chief officer of Dalio Philanthropies’ education initiatives. Click here to listen to Jan Hochadel and Mary Yordon's podcast interview with Barbara Dalio and Andrew Ferguson. Resolving to Continue Another Year of Growth ** Delegates representing our state federation’s affiliated locals in mid May gathered for AFT Connecticut's 2019 convention to take action on a variety of issues. Click here for photos of union leaders' speeches, floor debates, awards and scholarship presentations at the annual event.
Defending Vital Services and Good Jobs from Outsourcing Union members providing patient care, academic research and student support at UConn Health throughout May spoke out against privatizing the state's only public hospital. Click here for photos of faculty calling their legislators to share their facility's value as a "public good." Thanking Nurses by Protecting Them on the Job * CT Viewpoints in early May published AFT Connecticut Executive Vice President John Brady's opinion-editorial advocating for workplace violence prevention legislation in Congress. Click here to share his "National Nurses Week" commentary on social media with friends and fellow union members. Lifting Up the Profession During Teacher Appreciation Week Our state federation president in early May also co-authored a Viewpoints op-ed offering residents a way to express gratitude for public school teachers. Click here to share Jan Hochadel's commentary with Barbara Dalio encouraging support for educators' "crowdfunded" classroom projects. Upcoming Activities & Events June 24 - 25: PSRP Professional Development "Train the Trainer" Conference July 11 - 13: AFT TEACH 2019 Conference August 3: PSRP Professional Development "Train the Trainer" Sessions August 3: "Organized Labor Night II" with the Hartford Yard Goats Featured Benefit Union Plus: Summer Car Rental Discount Stay Informed Click here to sign-up for e-mail updates. Click here to "like" our Facebook page. Click here to follow our Twitter feed. Click here to subscribe to our YouTube channel. Click here to subscribe to our Podbean channel. * Political info; dues-paying members can change their e-mail update content preferences by sending e-mail to ActNetReply@aftct.org. ** Additional 2019 convention information will be included in the July edition of "Inside AFT CT."