As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Our Crisis Intervention & Support Leadership Team came together in Philly for a powerful few days of connection, strategic planning & shared purpose. Lasting change in the prevention & aftermath of gun violence must begin with those on the front lines of our schools. [email protected]

Quality, affordable public #HigherEd & healthcare fulfill dreams & promote healing. Fair, honorable #union contracts for #CTStateWorkers are essential to delivering both. #TheCTDifference @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org

THURSDAY: Join educators & families for IDEA at 50—a call to action for students with disabilities. 📅 Nov. 13 | 4–5 PM ET Register: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/915... #IDEA50 #DisabilityRights #SpecialEducation @aft.org @rweingarten.bsky.social

“Not enough days given for grieving, not enough support to come in and help you in the classroom … You can’t concentrate. You’re not sleeping, you’re not eating. So all these things are very common.” #GunViolence

"We know we can make school even more engaging and improve attendance by lowering class size so students can get more individualized attention, to work to develop case load caps," #FundOurFutureCT

“We came to the table with no cost proposals, to protect academic freedom in the contract, to protect staff and students who belong to the LGBTQ+ community, and to protect our immigrant students," #AcademicFreedom

Urging action to defend #AcademicFreedom, healthcare, #HigherEd & CT’s economy; long before the #CTGeneralAssembly convened for a special session our #UCHCAAUP leaders sounded the #CodeREDCT alarm: aftct.org/2025/10/17/r... @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org

In the Fall 2025 American Educator, @rweingarten.bsky.social writes about students and professors being stripped of the freedoms to learn, think, express themselves and be informed—and why that's so dangerous for our democracy. www.aft.org/ae/fall2025/...

Unions worldwide are standing up for democracy. ✊ Join AFT, ASI & APALA for Defending Democracy: The Role of South Korean Labor Unions 🗓️ Nov. 17 | 5–6 PM ET 🔗 Save your spot tinyurl.com/3hwaftf6 @shankerinst.bsky.social @aft.org @aftmass.bsky.social @aftintlaffairs.bsky.social @jessjtang.bsky.social

What can unions do to survive in the second Trump presidency? What tactics and strategies can help organize more new members and best survive an all-out assault on labor and other rights? Register now! www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

I guess the only real fair system then is SINGLE PAYER!!

For staff of social justice groups: Want to tell stories that inspire people to take action? Join this training to learn how to craft and share narratives that connect deeply, shift perspectives, & inspire your audience to act. Learn more: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/stor...

“The AAUP [and unions] have always known that we are stronger together.” In this special podcast episode of our series, ”Academic Freedom on the Line,” Vineeta Singh interviews Anna Feder, a fellow with the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, about the movement for Palestine on campuses.

"Outsourcing our flagship state university’s future to drop-in budget consultants is not the way forward" -- Jeffrey Dudas, President of UConn AAUP @uconnaaup.bsky.social

Trump's compacts would compromise the academic freedom & independence of colleges & universities. That's why across the country, higher ed faculty and students are standing together to defend higher education. #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social

“If you’re willing to say it privately, say it publicly" Daniel HoSang, President of Yale AAUP @yaleaaup.bsky.social, urging the University to take a stronger public stance in defense of higher education

👁️👁️ “Hird said while some faculty have six months of medical leave available to them, it does not include healthy post-partum mothers, fathers, non-birthing mothers & adoptive parents that are not experiencing a qualifying medical condition.” dailycampus.com/2025/11/10/u... #nutmegsky

Our November 7 day of action to defend higher education has taken the country by storm! ✊ “There is only one way forward in saving higher education and democracy writ large and that is students, faculty, staff united...We have to become a new political force.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

"Although they have not hit Wesleyan yet, they will come for us. And we want to make sure that everyone on campus is prepared to resist what those attacks look like.” #DefendHigherEd @wesleyanaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org

Thank you to those who have served our nation in the armed forces. Today and every day, we honor your courage and your sacrifice. #VeteransDay 🇺🇸

On #VeteransDay, it's important to take a moment to reflect on the service and sacrifices made by all of our veterans. And we are proud to announce a new initiative to honor them in Connecticut. Today, we are excited to unveil the launch of the Union Veterans Council of CT!

To all who served, thank you! #VeteransDay

“Yes, there’s two Connecticuts, but there’s also two New Havens, there’s Yale that can fund any and every whim, and then there’s New Haven Public Schools that’s always operating at a financial deficit, and that hurts our kids.” #FundOurFutureCT @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the 1975 New Haven Teachers Strike - one of the most significant events in modern #laborhistory in Connecticut. #FundOurFutureCT @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social

Local #union member candidates’ #Election2025 wins among highlights + upcoming events & a featured benefit in latest "Inside #AFTCT;" ICYMI: bit.ly/Nov25InsideA... #AFTVotes @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org

wild that workers should have to sit idly by while workplaces create morally injurious working conditions that undermine the mission of the whole outfit. 2020s employment culture has gone too far

We have so many no-cost proposals- this is one of them

Support Starbucks workers! Get your coffee from a company that actually supports their workers #UnionStrong #NoContractNoCoffee

🧵 We're taking a stand and want you to join us. Sign our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/co...

Professors from across CT say, No Loyalty Oaths in Higher Ed! www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...

“I am excited that we have an opportunity to strengthen health care for people across the state, but especially the people in Waterbury who have had challenging times in the last few years,” #CodeREDCT @uconnhealth.bsky.social

“reject the Trump administration's so-called compact, which asks colleges to make sweeping changes to policies and practices to align them with the president's agenda.” #TheCTDifference @csuaaup.bsky.social

“We also wanted to address a frustrating narrative we’ve been hearing more frequently—that Yale has somehow been exempted from the funding freezes and disruptions affecting other institutions,” #TheCTDifference @yaleaaup.bsky.social

“[Without guaranteed paid family leave,] we get worse educators in the classroom, less creative and less productive scientists in the lab, unreliable committee members and poor decision makers,” #TheCTDifference @uconnaaup.bsky.social

Connecticut state senator and professor at Quinnipiac University, Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, calls for the rejection of Trump's loyalty oath compact! Reject the compact and defend the democratic right for higher ed workers to dissent! @aftct.bsky.social

Higher ed workers say: Condemn the Compact! Here is CSU-AAUP, AFT Local 6745 member A. Fiona Pearson, professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University, calling for us to unite in the face of these attacks on higher ed! @aftct.bsky.social

And that’s a wrap! See you next year @ctaflcio.bsky.social ! Thanks for the photos @aftct.bsky.social ! #unionyes #nhft933

Putting the 'fun' in convention work; #AFTCT delegates showed how even voting for our allotted @ctaflcio.bsky.social exec bd reps can be a good time. #CTLabor25 @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org @aflcio.org

CSU-AAUP co-hosted a press conference with other American Association of University Professors chapters from across the state to demand that CT leaders reject the Trump administration's higher education "compact" and protect our freedoms.

Over here at the @ctaflcio.bsky.social convention as a delegate listening to Amy Traub, senior researcher and policy analyst at NELP the National Employment Law Project, talk about #Bossware and the fight to stop digital surveillances and automated-decision-systems abuse in the workplace #unionyes

Day 2 of the @ctaflcio.bsky.social #CTLabor25 convention, David Cooper of EARN at EPI, reminds us that state action is more important than ever before- from strengthening labor laws to enacting and enforcing policies that are good for working folks all around. Solidarity is contagious! #unionyes

Happening now: #union leaders are back for day #2 of #CTLabor25 to plan collective strategy to “stand up, fight back” strategy thru ‘26. #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social

As economic inequality continues to grow, the costs of system-level stressors should not fall on patients, already-overworked clinical staff, or low-wage hospital workers who rely on their jobs to sustain a livelihood. #patientsoverprofits @aft.org @afthealthcare.bsky.social

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TOMORROW: Join AFT & @aaup.org for a higher ed day of action to push back against Trump’s attacks. Students, faculty & staff are rallying on campuses across the country to stand up for higher ed as a democratic, accessible & transformative public good. Find an event ⬇️ www.studentsriseup.org/map

Excited to be with comrades tomorrow for this. Higher Ed for the Common Good! @aaup.org

Tomorrow! Wesleyan-AAUP hosts a "One Campus" rally to celebrate Wesleyan faculty, staff, and students who refuse to live in fear. Academic Freedom! Freedom of Speech! Solidarity across campus!

Closing out #CTLabor25 day #1 strong; today #AFTCT-affiliated #union delegates joined siblings in the @ctaflcio.bsky.social to build a stronger labor movement. #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org @aflcio.org