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Some Connecticut hospital executives get big pay raises. See the latest numbers Amid job cuts and a costly scuttled deal, Yale New Haven Health CEO's pay package tops $6M for fiscal 2025.

Amid job cuts and a costly scuttled deal, Yale New Haven Health CEO's pay package tops $6M for fiscal 2025.

“Protecting #AcademicFreedom requires clear, enforceable protections and procedures, including processes through which alleged infringements on academic freedom can be adjudicated by faculty peers.” #ProtectHigherEd
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“All are welcome and safe here.” That’s not just a slogan; it’s a promise we make to our students every day.

This week we took that promise to the streets.

Thank you to everyone who rallied, marched and spoke up for dignity and respect for every child. We see you.

Winning better public policy w/#storytelling; still time for #union members to register for the meeting with state lawmakers nearest you: bit.ly/AFTCT26RegLe... #StrengthInUnity @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org

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March 10, 2026 | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT 📅 Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for a live webinar on Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History. Learn more and register here: https://sharemylesson.com/webinars/black-jewish-america-history-henry-louis-gates-jr @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social

What happens when we support the whole educator so every student can thrive?

Day 1 of the 2026 Share My Lesson Virtual Conference centers on The Whole Educator, The Whole Student—with free sessions on teacher wellness, SEL and school mental health.

Register: sharemylesson.com/community/vc...

The average American teacher makes $72,000, but one in three are so broke they’re taking on side hustles like Uber driving | Fortune Teaching is seen as an AI-proof career by Gen Z—but with the American Dream becoming more out of reach, educators have turned to second jobs to make ends meet.

A new survey finds 1-in-3 teachers are working second jobs during the school year so they can make ends meet.

“Educators, who make every other profession possible, should be entitled to a decent wage that paves a pathway to the middle class.” — @rweingarten.bsky.social
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“We’ve lost a generation of scientists”: US talent turns to France Funding cuts and attacks on academic freedom are driving US researchers to seek opportunities in Europe, as stakeholders warn of “historic damage” to America’s scientific ecosystem.

Attacks on academic freedom are driving US researchers to seek opportunities elsewhere.

“Contingency, dwindling jobs & rampant underfunding of education means that a lack of mobility is the norm across the academic profession...& why we must fight..."

—Isaac Kamola, AAUP CDAF

AFT members and community allies are participating in today's day of action to protect our kids, our families and our communities. Find an event near you or download the toolkit with graphics, printable signs, and more! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Students Return To Hartford For $chools Push - New Haven Independent HARTFORD — Metropolitan Business Academy senior Bayan Albakkour took the bus Wednesday morning not to school, but to the state's capital city, where she delivered a message to the Connecticut legislat...

“It is important now more than ever for legislators to hear from our students,” #ProtectOurKids

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“Increased state funding was a point of agreement for the city and its teachers union, which have had a history of “ugly debates” about public school funding on the local level”
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Celebrating Women's History Month at the AFT

From classrooms and campuses, to hospitals, to public agencies, women across the AFT are organizing, teaching, healing and advocating every day. Women's history is AFT history, and today's members move that history forward. Check out AFT's #WomensHistoryMonth resources ⤵️
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What Is Digital Literacy? A Clear Guide for Educators More than technology skills, this guide clarifies what digital literacy means, how it appears in classrooms, and why it matters for students.

What is digital literacy? Check out @sharemylesson.bsky.social's new blog to help educators teach students ways to find, evaluate, use and create information in digital spaces thoughtfully and responsibly ⤵️
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America’s teachers are working two jobs and barely getting by | CNN Business Ashley loves her day job teaching math, reading and science to fifth-graders in Washington. But like many other teachers, Ashley relies on a side hustle or two to get by.

Our members are being squeezed as salaries lag behind rising prices. Educators shouldn’t be priced out of the communities we serve. When we’re forced out, students lose. This is exactly why we've launched #FightForAffordability. www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/b...

The Right Expands Its Campaign to Censor College Professors PEN America called 2025 ‘a year of catastrophe for higher education,’ but professors are fighting back against censorship.

“Our vision for a fully-funded public education, where a professor can write and teach freely, and can challenge every vapid, cruel argument federal and state governments make, sustains us. It’s what we’re fighting for.” 

—Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

🎉 Congrats to the 2026 Top 50 Educators Honoring Trailblazers making a real impact in classrooms & communities 🌍👏 Proud to celebrate the @aft.org members among this group https://theeducatorsroom.com/the-educators-room-announces-second-cohort-of-top-50-educators-honoring-trailblazers/

Testing season stress? Students navigating anxiety and high expectations? 📚 3/24 @ 5PM ET REGISTER to explore The Reel Wish and practical SEL+ELA strategies you can use right away. 💬
https://sharemylesson.com/webinars/sel-middle-grade-fiction @leeandlow.bsky.social @yamilesmendez.bsky.social

Global union federations call for an immediate cease fire and an end to the military escalation in Iran and the Middle East UNI Global Union joins with other global union federations to denounce the U.S. and Israeli military strikes against Iran, and the escalating conflict they have precipitated. Our joint statement is be...

We join our fellow global union federations in calling for an immediate ceasefire and a stop to escalation in Iran, the Middle East and beyond.

⬇️Full statement
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Power Lines - The New Press The essential anthology on the most effective ways to organize a labor movement for environmental justice, from leading organizers in the fieldThe corporate elite have long pitted climate and labor mo...

Reading this in 2026 sparked two responses. It's a tactical guidebook for alliances of workers, community members, environmental groups. But written in 2023, so the examples are tempered by a situation in which regulations they used have been dismantled. But there good lessons here!!
#climatechange

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Happening now: #union members join their students, admin & muni electeds in urging lawmakers & the governor #ProtectOurKids by taking action to #FixTheFormula, resist harmful #privatization. #StandUpCT @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @ctforall.bsky.social