Happening now: #union activists join @ctforall.bsky.social advocates to urge #CTGeneralAssembly jud cmte lawmakers embrace #StandUpCT initiatives aimed at shielding communities’ protected areas from federal overreach. #ICEOut @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org

REGISTER for this webinar from @reimagining.bsky.social to help students analyze immigration headlines, question bias and build empathy. March 26, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Register: https://sharemylesson.com/webinars/media-literacy-migration @sarakahmed.bsky.social @aft.org @texasaft.org

What hospitals don’t want you to know: You can negotiate your bill. 🤫- AFT is fighting for a world where you don’t go broke getting well. Learn how to advocate for yourself and your family at aft.org/affordability

🤖 What is really happening with AI in education right now? Join @kellycbooz.bsky.social & @sari.bsky.social for the closing keynote with Rebecca Winthrop of Brookings 🗓 March 26 ⏰ 6 PM ET Register: https://sharemylesson.com/webinars/keynote-ai-education-prosper-prepare-protect @aftct.bsky.social

Join this important webinar, "How to Build a College: Experimental Alternatives in the History of Higher Education," co-organized by the AAUP's Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom. March 16, 4pm ET on Zoom. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Congrats to the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions and @mnaflcio.org, this year's awardees of our George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award. Our Belarusian and Minnesotan siblings are a reminder of how the labor movement defends democracy. https://bit.ly/4d8T4g7

Good morning 🌞 Happy International Women’s Day Imagine a world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge gender equality.

Check out Steve Kerr demanding academic freedom and an end to Trump's attempts to ideologically control our campuses! ❤️

Students shouldn't have to beg their states to fund their schools. Lawmakers must invest in public education so that kids have everything they need to learn. @aftct.bsky.social ctmirror.org/2026/03/04/c...

@goldenstatewarrior.bsky.social's Coach Steve Kerr is standing up for campus freedom! Coaches across the nation launched a letter campaign calling on elected officials to keep political interference out of our colleges and universities. We can't have college sports without academic freedom.

While the republicans play pingpong with the most affordable student loan repayment plan on the planet, the SAVE plan, real folks are falling off the default cliff and emptying their wallets. If you were enrolled in SAVE and sick of being in legal limbo, fill this out. www.surveymonkey.com/r/8BRYVMS

Virginia State University ignored tenure & procedural protections when they abruptly fired 6 faculty from the university's Agricultural Research Station. In this episode of AAUP TV, @chenjerai.bsky.social and @proftwolf.bsky.social speak with two of VSU's Fired Six about this egregious decision.

RALLY DATE MOVED!! March 12th 5:00 Recruit, Retain, Reinvest Rally with SEBAC Join the UConn-AAUP & UCPEA and our statewide coalition of unions for a rally at the State Capitol in Hartford to fight for fair contracts and strong public services with the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition

"It is creating a struggle for people to come to work for fear of their own personal harm or welfare.” #CodeREDCT @afthealthcare.bsky.social

Next #NoKings mobilization is among upcoming events + highlights & featured benefit in latest edition of "Inside #AFTCT;" ICYMI: bit.ly/Mar26InsideA... @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org

How can service learning support student wellbeing and SEL? Register to explore practical tools, project planning steps, and classroom ready lessons. 3/24 @5PM ET Register now: https://sharemylesson.com/webinars/service-learning-student-wellbeing @educationplusstl.bsky.social @aftteach.bsky.social

guessing we could have big jobs gains if we spent a billion dollars a day putting more people to work

In response to our academic freedom campaign, Yale has created a new committee to address the issue. Yale AAUP welcomes the administration’s recognition that academic freedom is the lifeblood of the university, but faculty need action, not just statements. yaledailynews.com/articles/pro...

I am facilitating this conversation of practical hope -- what are the material needs for launching alternative programs and colleges? The people, funds, land, students? Join us and spread the word !*!*!*!*!*!* @sfndhe.bsky.social @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @rooseveltinstitute.org

@rweingarten.bsky.social shares how AFT members showed up on March 4, breaks down big wins for the union, and takes a stand against a new Middle East war. Whether fighting for schools or marching for peace, our message is clear: government must listen to the people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL6z...

Amid job cuts and a costly scuttled deal, Yale New Haven Health CEO's pay package tops $6M for fiscal 2025.

“Protecting #AcademicFreedom requires clear, enforceable protections and procedures, including processes through which alleged infringements on academic freedom can be adjudicated by faculty peers.” #ProtectHigherEd @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org yaledailynews.com/articles/pro...

“All are welcome and safe here.” That’s not just a slogan; it’s a promise we make to our students every day. This week we took that promise to the streets. Thank you to everyone who rallied, marched and spoke up for dignity and respect for every child. We see you.

Winning better public policy w/#storytelling; still time for #union members to register for the meeting with state lawmakers nearest you: bit.ly/AFTCT26RegLe... #StrengthInUnity @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org

March 10, 2026 | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT 📅 Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for a live webinar on Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History. Learn more and register here: https://sharemylesson.com/webinars/black-jewish-america-history-henry-louis-gates-jr @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social

What happens when we support the whole educator so every student can thrive? Day 1 of the 2026 Share My Lesson Virtual Conference centers on The Whole Educator, The Whole Student—with free sessions on teacher wellness, SEL and school mental health. Register: sharemylesson.com/community/vc...

A new survey finds 1-in-3 teachers are working second jobs during the school year so they can make ends meet. “Educators, who make every other profession possible, should be entitled to a decent wage that paves a pathway to the middle class.” — @rweingarten.bsky.social fortune.com/2026/03/04/t...

Attacks on academic freedom are driving US researchers to seek opportunities elsewhere. “Contingency, dwindling jobs & rampant underfunding of education means that a lack of mobility is the norm across the academic profession...& why we must fight..." —Isaac Kamola, AAUP CDAF

AFT members and community allies are participating in today's day of action to protect our kids, our families and our communities. Find an event near you or download the toolkit with graphics, printable signs, and more! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“It is important now more than ever for legislators to hear from our students,” #ProtectOurKids

“Increased state funding was a point of agreement for the city and its teachers union, which have had a history of “ugly debates” about public school funding on the local level” #ProtectOurKids yaledailynews.com/articles/new...

From classrooms and campuses, to hospitals, to public agencies, women across the AFT are organizing, teaching, healing and advocating every day. Women's history is AFT history, and today's members move that history forward. Check out AFT's #WomensHistoryMonth resources ⤵️ www.aft.org/celebrating-...

What is digital literacy? Check out @sharemylesson.bsky.social's new blog to help educators teach students ways to find, evaluate, use and create information in digital spaces thoughtfully and responsibly ⤵️ sharemylesson.com/blog/what-is...

Our members are being squeezed as salaries lag behind rising prices. Educators shouldn’t be priced out of the communities we serve. When we’re forced out, students lose. This is exactly why we've launched #FightForAffordability. www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/b...

“Our vision for a fully-funded public education, where a professor can write and teach freely, and can challenge every vapid, cruel argument federal and state governments make, sustains us. It’s what we’re fighting for.”  —Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

🎉 Congrats to the 2026 Top 50 Educators Honoring Trailblazers making a real impact in classrooms & communities 🌍👏 Proud to celebrate the @aft.org members among this group https://theeducatorsroom.com/the-educators-room-announces-second-cohort-of-top-50-educators-honoring-trailblazers/

Testing season stress? Students navigating anxiety and high expectations? 📚 3/24 @ 5PM ET REGISTER to explore The Reel Wish and practical SEL+ELA strategies you can use right away. 💬 https://sharemylesson.com/webinars/sel-middle-grade-fiction @leeandlow.bsky.social @yamilesmendez.bsky.social

We join our fellow global union federations in calling for an immediate ceasefire and a stop to escalation in Iran, the Middle East and beyond. ⬇️Full statement uniglobalunion.org/news/global-...

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Reading this in 2026 sparked two responses. It's a tactical guidebook for alliances of workers, community members, environmental groups. But written in 2023, so the examples are tempered by a situation in which regulations they used have been dismantled. But there good lessons here!! #climatechange

Happening now: #union members join their students, admin & muni electeds in urging lawmakers & the governor #ProtectOurKids by taking action to #FixTheFormula, resist harmful #privatization. #StandUpCT @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @ctforall.bsky.social

If you're trying to get better at 1-1 conversations or at figuring out how to map your workplace, join others at the upcoming "Secrets of a Successful Organizer" series online, on Wednesdays, March 4, 11 & 18. Sign up here today! labornotes.org/events/2026/...

🔔 Fully open and staffed offices are integral to Social Security, which is why Congress need to protect them. Join us and tell Congress to keep offices open, 🔗 in comments. Already signed? Share this petition with your friends and family!

All of us deserve a voice in our democracy - but the fascist 🍊🤡 & his allies in Congress are working to silence our voices with the SAVE America Act & the Make Elections Great Again Act. PLEASE tell your lawmaker to protect our right to vote! actionnetwork.org/letters/save... @aft.org

Tell me you live in CT without telling me. @ctwfp.bsky.social @ctdsa.org

Happening now: #union leaders urge #CTGeneralAssembly gov’t oversight cmte support & amend proposal to reign in #FOIA abuses targeting #PublicEd teachers, #paraprofessionals & school related personnel. #WorkShouldntHurt @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social

Happening now: #union members urge #CTGeneralAssembly labor cmte lawmakers embrace proposal for RNs & #HospitalStaff subjected to #WorkplaceViolence to be compensated, not be forced to draw on contractual #PaidLeave benefits. #CodeREDCT @aft.org @afthealthcare.bsky.social

🪧 Holidays? Sick leave? The 8-hour day? None of it was gifted. It was won through strikes. In EP7, “The Right to Strike,” we speak with Paapa Danquah @ituc.bsky.social about why the #RightToStrike is the ultimate tool of worker leverage. 🎧 buff.ly/Q13Psdn