Securing a strong new agreement to #RaiseTheWage for hard-working #CTStateWorkers; this week our #AndRUnion members ratified their 4-yr #union contract w/ #GovNedLamont that follows the #SEBAC framework agreement for preserving #TheCTDifference. @aft.org @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
Recruit, retain & reinvest; tonight, #union members in #SEBAC urged #GovNedLamont prioritize contracts for all #CTStateWorkers to deliver #TheCTDifference for all residents: www.facebook.com/share/p/1JJt... @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aftteach.bsky.social @aaup.org
Taking action to #ProtectOurKids and communities! Today #union leaders delivered a joint letter to governors of all 50 states to #GovNedLamont urging he reject a harmful federal voucher scheme to dismantle #PublicEd. @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @ctforall.bsky.social
Humbled to have been inducted into the Veterans Hall of Fame today. Thank you #GovNedLamont , #LGSusanB, #SenBlumenthal, #CTVetsAffairs, and Senator #tonyhwang
for nominating me.
Happening now: @hft1018.bsky.social, @csuaaup.bsky.social leaders join @ctforall.bsky.social & lawmakers to urge #GovNedLamont shore up vital srvs gutted by federal agency chiefs. #ProtectOurKids @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @aaup.org @cthousedems.bsky.social @ctsenatedems.bsky.social
These are the six democrat Govenors: #GovJoshShapiro ( #Pennsylvania), #GovJaredPolis ( #Colorado), #GovNedLamont ( #Connecticut), #GovWesMoore ( #Maryland), #GovMauraHealey ( #Massachusetts) and #GovDanMcKee ( #RhodeIsland).
Phony Security Claims Cited in New @ctexaminer.bsky.social #FOI Complaint V #CTCorrections Re; Unjustified Suppression of #JAllenJones Killing Video #CCFOI #ctfog #1stamendmentneu #NFOIC @ire.org #AGWilliamTong #GovNedLamont
#Connecticut check out GYGK podcast now for a special interview with CT State Rep Anne Hughes who gives us the scoop on our surplus and where funds are headed if we dont demand a #specialsession ASAP
Let #GovNedLamont know it aint enough baby at #stamford Town Hall
open.spotify.com/episode/1ewv...
#Connecticut consider emailing or calling #govnedlamont with thanks for empathetic change in protocol for our friends, family and neighbors. 860-566-4840
Talking #RealSolutions for public PreK-12 & #HigherEd; on Friday nat'l @aflcio.org’s summer #BetterInAUnion tour stopped in #Htfd to amplify the call to #GovNedLamont to #FundOurFutureCT. @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
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Who's In? Roll Call, Part 1:
@govandybeshear.bsky.social KY
@govevers.wisconsin.gov WI
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#GovJoshGreen HI
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#GovNedLamont CT
Graphic with “CALL NOW” at top. Additional text reads “The state budget negotiations are down to the wire and the last few items are being negotiated. The UConn budget is one of the last open items. Call Governor Lamont’s office phone line and register your view to hold the line on cuts and support the Appropriations Committee budget recommendation. 3 simple steps: 1. Call 860-566-4840 and press #1 to reach a live operator. 2. Tell them your name, title and ask Governor Lamont to HOLD THE LINE ON CUTS TO THE UCONN BUDGET and to PLEASE SUPPORT THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION. 3. Be prepared to leave your phone number and/or email.” At the bottom are logos for UHP University Health Professionals, AFT Local 3837, University of Connecticut Professional Employees Association, AFT Local 3695, UConn-AAUP/AFT Local 6746 and UCHC AAUP, AFT Local 6747.
Defend #UConnNation! Tell #GovNedLamont that @uconn.bsky.social students, @uconnhealth.bsky.social patients & their families are counting on him to invest in, not cut, #HigherEd, research & healthcare. #FundOurFutureCT @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social @uconnaaup.bsky.social
graphic image with references to “Senate Bill 8,” hashtag #LevelThePlayingField and photo of AFT Connecticut Vice President John Brady testifying at state legislature with quote: “The decision to go on strike is never an easy one for workers. For doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers, it is increasingly the only way they can advocate for both staff and patients.”
Standing w/#WorkingFamilies provoked to #strike; urge #GovNedLamont embrace a proposal to #LevelThePlayingField & reject keeping scales tipped in favor of billionaires: act.aflcio.org/letters/tell... #UIforStrikingWorkers @aft.org @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
Risking arrest to #FundOurFutureCT; today #union activists joined advocates in the @ctforall.bsky.social coalition & engaged in #CivilDisobedience to demand #GovNedLamont support #RealSolutions for #PublicEd students across the state. #FixTheFormula @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social
@budgothmog44.bsky.social
M😱GA U VOTED for Tr*mp,SLAP🤯
HseBudget SEVERED ALL $ for Medicaid, $880B line item CUT🤑
Pres E doesn't intend to get that, but he WILL cut ALL or MOST
So what r u guys gonna do❓️
#KamalaHarris
#GovTimWalz
#GovernorHobbs
#GovNedLamont
#JustinTrudeau
