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State Attorneys United for a Better Future

Assistant attorneys general (AAGs) in October voted in favor of union representation. By joining AFT Connecticut, they now have a voice in decisions impacting their working conditions and professional standards.

Securing Legislation to Protect Our Addresses

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Thanks to the collective efforts of our union members, the legislature’s General Administration and Elections (GAE) Committee voted Raised Senate Bill (S.B.) 1157 out of committee on March 24, 2023.  The bill would protect all OAG employees’ home addresses from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Click here for the current language of S.B. 1157.

The success in getting the bill voted out of committee followed ACAAG President Joan Andrews’ testimony (in screenshot above) in support of the bill on March 6, 2023.  Several AAGs also described the threats they have endured in the

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Smears vs. solutions

Randi Weingarten at a Massachusetts high school

Summer is upon us, and parents, children and teachers are winding down from what has been an exhausting and fully operational school year—the first since the devastating pandemic. The long-lasting impact of COVID-19 has affected our students’ and families’ well-being and ignited the politics surrounding public schools. All signs point to the coming school year unfolding with the same sound and fury, and if extremist culture warriors have their way, being even more divisive and stressful.

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What unions do

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In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.

In defense of public education

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.

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