From: Matt O'Connor via ActionNetwork.org ActNetReply@aftct.org Subject: Inside AFT CT: Your October E-Newsletter Date: October 5, 2023 at 6:31 PM To: moconnor@aftct.org
Union Member - here is your October 2023 e-newsletter (with updates since early September): Mobilizing to "Staff the Front Lines" Union leaders teamed up with their state, municipal and school district employers for a "hiring hall" job fair aimed at public sector workforce shortages. Click here for highlights of last month's event where the focus was on labor-management collaboration to fill vacancies. Speaking Out for Indoor Air Quality * Our state federation president called out her fellow state lawmakers for failing to make healthy schools a real priority in a recently published op-ed. Click here to read Jan Hochadel's commentary in which she pledged to renew legislative action efforts in 2024. Featuring a Member's Commitment to Social Justice An AFT Connecticut-affiliated local higher education union leader who mobilzed her colleagues for workplace equality is spotlighted in our latest "Meet the Activists" feature. Click here to share the graphic on social media encouraging fellow union members to submit their own nominations. Partnering to Give Back to their Community Last month, local paraprofessionals and school-related personnel (PSRPs) leaders engaged teachers, district administrators, city librarians and elected officials to hand-out over 50,000 free books. Click here a graphic celebrating union members' successful efforts to instill a love of literacy in their students.