December 2025 "Inside AFT Connecticut"

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Union Member - here is your December 2025 e-newsletter (with updates since early November):

Showing What it Means to be an "AFTerburner" *

Our latest "Meet the Activists" spotlights a leader who epitomizes lifelong engagement in securing a better labor future for the next generation of workers. Share this inspiring retiree council member’s story of endurance and encourage colleagues to submit their own nominations, too

Making “The Connecticut Difference” in People’s Lives

Members of our affiliated public employee unions representing state workers have been working under expired contracts as rising recruitment and retention challenges go unmet. Watch and share their first ad featuring public higher education professionals who help students to “change the world.”

Answering the Question for their Newest Colleagues

Our series’ latest video welcoming members to our labor family features leaders and activists in healthcare affiliates sharing why they chose “Union YES.” Watch and share their compelling message, much of which has relevance in all of AFT Connecticut’s diverse constituencies

Joining Our Labor Siblings to Build Greater Power

In early November, delegates from affiliated unions and chapters joined hundreds of their fellow members in Mashantucket for the Connecticut AFL-CIO biennial constitutional convention. Share a thread of footage from the second day of the event featuring activists taking on the issues

Upcoming

December 9: "Managing Behavior" Webinar for Educators

December 10: AAUP/AFT Higher Education Member Campaign Update Meeting *

December 17: Canva Webinar

Featured Benefit

Union Plus: 2026 Scholarships

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