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Cheney Tech Welding

A video clip highlighting the great work being accomplished by the young ladies at the Cheney Tech Welding Department. Another example of how Vo-Tech instructors help their students become career ready in four years.

NBC 30 VIDEO CLIP

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/video/#!/news/sports/Game-of-the-Week-Cheney-Tech-Female-Metal-Workers/228319941

Public Employee Union Member,

While we certainly want to share our warmest wishes for a prosperous 2018 for you and your family, we're also reaching out today with an important heads-up. Late last month, Republican legislative leaders began circulating false claims about the labor cost savings produced by the agreements you and your colleagues ratified last summer.

Lawmakers are scheduled to convene a special session this week to address ongoing budget shortfalls. The likelihood of GOP politicians — who share control of the state Senate — calling for a "re-opener" of the 2017 State Employees

your_union_dues_at_work.pdf

Updated Q&A on the Lawsuit Against Rowland and Ryan

Please click on the attachment to view the most recent questions and answers.

Updated Q&A on Lawsuit Against Rowland and Ryan

NEAG Report on SEED in Connecticut

Randi Weingarten and NYC teacher Tamara Simpson

Attacks on public education in America by extremists and culture-war peddling politicians have reached new heights (“lows” may be more apt), but they are not new. The difference today is that the attacks are intended not just to undermine public education but to destroy it.

Labor & Workplace

Moody's: Threat of Bankruptcy Removed, But Hartford Remains 'High Risk'
Moody’s Investors Service, which had warned of Hartford’s “likely” default last month, on Wednesday acknowledged that the imminent threat of bankruptcy has lifted with the newly adopted state budget.

Tipping May Be the Norm, but Not for Hotel Housekeepers
The tip doesn’t have to be big — $1 to $5, says the American Hotel and Lodging Association. But fewer than a third of hotel guests leave any money for the housekeepers.

Gothamist and DNAinfo Newsrooms Now Have a Union
Reporters and editors at the commonly

Robert - here is your October, 2017 e-newsletter (with updates since early September):

Blocking a Toxic State Budget from Becoming Law

Union members during the second half of September worked overtime to overturn a fiscal package based on "failed and painful austerity policies" passed by lawmakers. Click here for a report-back on successful efforts to move the governor to veto the cruel state budget.

Empowering Vital Education Personnel with a Voice

Staff who feed New London Public Schools' students in late September moved district officials to voluntarily recognize their free choice to join a

In a rigged economy, workers say the freedom to come together in strong unions is more important than ever

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Contact:

Andrew Crook

WASHINGTON—The following statement was issued by members and leaders of AFSCME, AFT, NEA, and SEIU – the nation’s four largest public sector unions – in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to grant Certiorari in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31:

The Janus case is a blatantly political and well-funded plot to use the highest court in the land to further rig the economic rules against everyday working people. The billionaire

Conflict brings out both the best and worst in us, and the current state budget battle is no exception. Most of us are already battle-weary from months of debate at the national level around the Affordable Care Act, debt ceiling and tax reform. However, the Republican budget currently in front of Gov. Malloy just spit on public school teachers.

I’ve always respected spirited debate, trusting it allows for our better angels to emerge and find solutions from both sides of the aisle. Constellating figures come forward from the cauldron of contention, framing the argument in ways that clarify the

Cheney Tech Welding

Defense of SEBAC Gains Member Update

Your Union Dues At Work

Updated Q&A on the Lawsuit Against Rowland and Ryan

NEAG Report on SEED in Connecticut

In defense of public education

Union News

Labor & Workplace

October's AFT Connecticut Newsletter

Workers on Janus: A Political Effort to Further Rig the Rules Against Working People In a rigged economy, workers say the freedom to come together in strong unions is more important than ever By Andrew Cro

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Andrew Crook

Walsh's Wonderings - Betraying teachers