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Joined July 2010
Happening now: @CSCUNews students join @CSUAAUP, #TechCollegeTeachers, @4CsSEIU1973 members to defend investments in faculty & staff who deliver affordable, quality #HigherEd. #FundOurFutureCT @AFTunion @AFTHigherEd @AFT_PE @AAUP @SEIU @AFSCME @SEBAC_CT
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I could not be prouder to be part of this effort, alongside some truly amazing coworkers. When journalists are paid fairly and given a say in decisions that affect them, not only do we benefit, so do our communities. So excited to get to work.
We, the journalists of Hearst Connecticut Media, are forming a union. We ask that Hearst voluntarily recognize our unit so we may begin negotiating a contract that benefits all parties, including our communities. Read our full mission statement here 👇
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The journalists at Hearst CT Media are forming a union! Urge management to voluntarily recognize their union. Take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/su…
We, the journalists of Hearst Connecticut Media, are forming a union. We ask that Hearst voluntarily recognize our unit so we may begin negotiating a contract that benefits all parties, including our communities. Read our full mission statement here 👇
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.@UFCW Local 371 member Lucy Sciarretto explains how #UIforStrikingWorkers would level the playing field and lead to contracts being settled sooner. Read it here --> drive.google.com/file/d/1j0F…
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"Redress inequity, injustice endured by so many of our youngest residents-future workers, tax payers & leaders;" @CSUAAUP council member @CETrombly urges lawmakers require top 1% contribute #FairShare of riches to #FundOurFutureCT. @AFTUnion @AFTHigherEd @AFT_PE @AAUP @CTForAll – at Hartford, CT
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Happening now: #UConnHealthLabor coalition members, @CTForAll advocates gather at @UConnHealth for town hall w/@CTComptroller on efforts to resist #privatization, invest in #PublicHospitalPublicGood. @AFTUnion @AFTHigherEd @AFTHealthcare @AFT_PE @AAUP @SEIU @AFSCME @IAFFofficial – at Farmington, CT
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Drawing lessons from #pandemic in support of expanded #SickLeave protections @CSUAAUP council member @BarmonChristina tells lawmakers "time to do more than bang pots & pans, put up signs" for workers. #PaidLeave @AFTUnion @AFTHigherEd @AFT_PE @AAUP @AFLCIO @ConnAFLCIO @CTForAll – at Hartford, CT
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Sharing story of P/T @CSCUNews colleague forced to work while ill during #pandemic @CSUAAUP sec'y John O'Connor says expanded #SickLeave "would have made difference" for students compromised. #PaidLeave @AFTUnion @AFTHigherEd @AFT_PE @AAUP @AFLCIO @ConnAFLCIO @CTForAll – at Hartford, CT
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Urging lawmakers reject @CSCUNews BOR's proposed tuition hikes @CSUAAUP member @reillyesarah warns lawmakers @GovNedLamont's proposed srv cuts = students "effectively being priced out of 'making it in CT.'" #FundOurFutureCT @AFTUnion @AFTHigherEd @AFT_PE @AAUP @SEBAC_CT – at Hartford, CT
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Former @CTStateNorwalk student, @WestConn grad Obed Sierra denounces @GovNedLamont's threats to extinguish public #HigherEd hopes & dreams: "srvs shouldn't be something we should worry will be there tomorrow or next semester." #FundOurFutureCT @AFTUnion @AAUP @SEBAC_CT @CTForAll – at Hartford, CT
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Warning against @GovNedLamont's #AusterityBudget @UConnAAUP member Lyle Scruggs tells lawmakers cuts to @UConn threaten "significant cracks in foundation" of human capital, technological innovation. #FundOurFutureCT @AFTUnion @AFTHigherEd @AFT_PE @AAUP @SEBAC_CT @UConnLabor
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"More than ever students priced out; every semester many succumb to work demands & abandon courses they registered, paid for;" @CSUAAUP member Stephen Adair warns @GovNedLamont's #HigherEd cuts would worsen crisis. #FundOurFutureCT @AFTUnion @AFTHigherEd @AFT_PE @AAUP @SEBAC_CT – at Hartford, CT
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Making clear @GovNedLamont’s latest public #HigherEd cuts will worsen learning crisis @CSUAAUP council member @WGadkarWilcox tells lawmakers "if we have no srvs & continue to raise tuition students will not enroll." #FundOurFutureCT @AFTUnion @AFTHigherEd @AFT_PE @AAUP @SEBAC_CT
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"Here tonight because we genuinely care for our students, future of our state!" @CSUAAUP council member @CETrombly shares why #union members rejecting @GovNedLamont's attempt to snuff out public #HigherEd dreams. #FundOurFutureCT @AFTUnion @AFTHigherEd @AFT_PE @AAUP @SEBAC_CT – at Hartford, CT
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"No way we should accept accumulation of disadvantage; destroys students' hope & opp'y;" @CSUAAUP sec'y John O'Connor connects @GovNedLamont's #PublicEd cuts to snuffing out students' #HigherEd dreams. #FundOurFutureCT @AFTUnion @AFTHigherEd @AAUP @CTForAll – at Hartford, CT
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"Colleagues in public #HigherEd see 1st-hand what inadequate funding for education of our young people does;" @CSUAAUP prez Louise Williams connects @GovNedLamont's #PublicEd cuts to @CSCUNews student outcomes. #FundOurFutureCT @AFTUnion @AFTHigherEd @AFT_PE @AAUP @CTForAll – at Hartford, CT
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Connecticut’s college-age population remains stable. Furthermore, enrollments are up at comparable colleges and universities in Connecticut, most notably at UConn’s regional campuses. @CSUAAUP @AFTCT @UConnAAUP abetterct.org/enrollment-dec…
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Yesterday you heard our State of the People, today you heard @GovNedLamont's State of the State. One offered hope, the other only offered more status quo. #FundOurFutureCT #LamontsLegacy
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HAPPENING NOW: @CTForAll rolling out its 2024 Equity Agenda, one day before the legislative session begins The group is pushing to make "the ultra-wealthy pay what they owe" @GovNedLamont just signed a tax cut that phases out for the wealthy, but opposes a "millionaire's tax"
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