Annual Business Convention April 14
Open to all signed members in good standing — RSVP by March 29!
Learn more about this year's candidates:
Recording Secretary: Summer Lambert, Elizabeth Barrientos
VP for Membership Activities: Liz Figueroa, Shaneé Reid
We're doing it again in person this year!
Friday, April 14, at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville. All members in good standing are invited.
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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.
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The arbitrator's ruling on the pandemic pay award for SEBAC members is in... and it's a win — for state employees who put a great deal on the line to be on the front line, to continue essential services to the citizens of Connecticut! See the full announcement from SEBAC.
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