Three UHP members were among those from the UConn Health Labor Coalition who tesified before the Appropriations Committee Feb. 18, in a continuing effort to advocate for investment in UConn Health as a public asset.

Going into the holiday season, the shelves were almost bare in PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center's Dove Pantry–an onsite food pantry for hospital employees. In December, OFNHP President Adrienne Enghouse challenged the steward council to do something about it.

OFNHP steward and Ultrasound Tech Shawna Ross stepped up to lead the project, spreading the word about the donation drive throughout the month of January. Through Facebook posts, flyers, break room visits, and social networks, stewards advertised the drive and collected over 500 lbs of food and supplies.

On January 31, volunteers met to package items–making sure each one had a union sticker–before delivering the items to the pantry and organizing the shelves.

It’s time for parents, teachers, school staff, students and the community to come together to talk about how we can fight for and improve our neighborhood public schools!

Join us for a series of community conversations on how state takeover can affect our schools, our families and our children. Let’s talk about what we can do—together— to fight this takeover and develop community-driven solutions for our schools.

Come be a part of our community coalition forums to work for the schools students deserve!

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1) NBOE Transportation Benefits

2) NTU Membership Meeting

3) Scholarships

And more!

HTA Stands in Solidarity With Lawrence

Valentine’s Day is a day of love, and MPEC was in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulations (DLLR) spreading union love. Organizer Aaron Ray tabled at the facility during lunchtime. He engaged workers on a number of issues, but one that drew the most interest was reclassification and back-pay associated with it.

The time to engage in real conversations about how we fund our public schools has come! Education activists across the state are uniting behind the Fund Our Future message.  We believe the path to achieving a world-class education system is grounded in three principles: 

The CFT/CFOP Scholarship Committee has opened up the application process for scholarships.

The goals of the CFT/CFOP Scholarship are:

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In This issue:

1) Membership meeting

2) Honoring our history

And More!