Our brothers and sisters with UNITE HERE 217 are fighting for a fair contract with Sodexo, UConn Health's food vendor. It affects 80 food service employees many of us interact with every day in the food court, at Starbucks, or on the hopsital floors. Why should we care? They're working people, just like us. Their struggles are our struggles.
The latest from AFT Connecticut on the fallout from the Janus decision.
More to come, and in solidarity,
Ed Leavy
Secretary-Treasurer, AFT Connecticut
Jean Morningstar
First Vice President, AFT Connecticut
John Brady, RN
Executive Vice President, AFT Connecticut
Jan Hochadel
President, AFT Connecticut
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Please read the following from Bill Samuel, AFL-CIO government affairs director.
The latest from AFT Connecticut on the fallout from the Janus decision.
We expected and prepared for the U.S. Supreme Court's majority decision in the Januslawsuit. Still, the swiftness with which the special interests that bank-rolled it have cranked up their propaganda machine to trick union members into dropping their union membership has been stunning.
Janus is on the U.S.Supreme Court docket for Feb. 26, 2018.
Information from the Office of the State Comptroller about the United Healthcare Group Medicare Advantage PPO program for Medicare-eligible retirees in the Connecticut State Retiree Health Plan.
About 250 members turned out for this year's business convention. We had some fun and even got a little business done!
See this year's honorees and scholarship winners.
As we prepare ourselves to take on continued attacks on the right to collectively bargain, UHP is launching a recommitment drive. We have new membership cards that we are asking all our members to sign.
For those who haven’t signed a union card yet, this is the card to sign that grants you full rights and privileges of a member in good standing.
