From: Matt O'Connor via ActionNetwork.org ActNetReply@aftct.org Subject: Inside AFT CT: Your November E-Newsletter Date: November 6, 2024 at 6:32 PM To: AFTCT@aftct.org
Union Member - here is your November 2024 e-newsletter (with updates since early October): Leading with Our Values Every one of our AFT Connecticut-affiliated union members who ran for legislative office prevailed when the ballots were counted in this year's General Election. Click here to share a collage reminding colleagues of what our collective strength can do when we organize. Lifting Up the Voices of Working People An affiliated local healthcare union leader committed to improved communications to his colleagues and community was highlighted in our October "Meet the Activists" feature. Click here to encourage fellow members to nominate a workplace leader by sharing the graphics on social media. Showing "it is Possible to Achieve What We Did" A first contract that delivers a recently organized workforce economic security and job protections is the focus of our latest collective bargaining wins report. Click here to learn more about how new paraprofessionals and school-related personnel (PSRP) union members united for unprecedented gains. Celebrating Professional Excellence Colleagues, their students, as well as local and state officials, turned out to honor the 2025 Connecticut Teacher of the Year in mid October. Click here for photographs of the event where the veteran member of an affiliated PreK-12 union was recognized.