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Officer positions:

  • Chief Steward
  • VP Tier I (salaried) Employees
  • VP Tier II (hourly) Employees
  • VP for Community Outreach

Plus delegates to conventions, councils and labor federations

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Resolve to Get It Done in 2025

A New Year's message from AFT CT President Jan Hochadel:

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Despite the setback at that national level, labor-endorsed candidates made gains in Connecticut, thanks in no small part to our labor movement!

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Receives more than 50% of votes in a three-way race

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3 Running in Special Election

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Meet your candidates for VP Tier I (Salaried) Employees 

Robert Gottlieb, chemical safety officer, Environmental Health and Safety

Marsha Murray, research associate, Public Health Sciences

Heather Sperry, clinic practice manager, Dental Financial Services

(Candidates listed alphabetically; online balloting runs Oct. 28-Nov. 1)

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We hereby announce a special election for the vacant VP Tier I (salaried) Employees office.

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A recap of our delegation’s experience at the AFT biennial convention, July 22-25 in Houston, highlighted by an appearance by VP Kamala Harris, who only days earlier had announced her intention to run for president. Our 25 delegates were among more than 2,000 delegates from more than 370 locals and 27 state federations.


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A recap of our presence at the CT AFL-CIO's 15th biennial political convention

See the CT AFL-CIO's endorsed candidates in the 2024 elections.

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We wish Ray Bennettson a happy retirement! Ray arrived in 1996 and has been involved with UHP since very early in his UConn Health career, including as a steward, negotiating team member, convention delegate, UHP representative at SEBAC, and as an elected officer for the last 11 years.


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