From: Matt O'Connor via ActionNetwork.org ActNetReply@aftct.org Subject: Inside AFT CT: Your July 2025 E-Newsletter Date: July 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM To: AFTCT@aftct.org
Union Member - here is your July 2025 e-newsletter (with updates since early June): Taking a Team Approach to Labor Leadership Our latest "Meet the Activists" highlighted an AFT Connecticut-affiliated local paraprofessionals and school-related personnel (PSRP) union officer who understands how to accomplish more through collaboration. Share the graphics on social media to celebrate her leadership style and encourage nominations for a future feature. Asking the Governor, "Which Side Are You On?" * In mid June, members of several affiliates joined hundreds of their siblings for a major protest aimed at averting a veto of pro-worker legislation. See the the collage of activists urging the governor to sign a bill expanding access to unemployment insurance. Charting a Course for the Challenges to Come * Members of healthcare affiliates joined their colleagues from the across the country in mid June for our national union’s divisional annual professional issues conference. Watch a brief video with highlights from the event in Chicago which included a local "No Kings" protest. Engaging in Civil Disobedience to Compel Real Solutions * In early June, lawmakers responded to a demonstration organized two weeks earlier at the State Capitol by affiliated PreK-12 union members and education advocates. Learn more about how activists sat-in, were arrested and ultimately secured historic investments in traditional neighborhood public schools.