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The Union Difference

Growing a strong union for all healthcare professionals

Learn more about why providers, nurses, techs, and support staff in Connecticut’s hospitals, clinics and school-based settings need a voice on the job.

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Securing Full Compensation for Workplace Violence Recovery

Union activists led the way in moving elected officials to hold employers accountable when health professionals are assaulted on the job.

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Resisting Deprofessionalization of Our Profession

Politicians capping student loans for nurse-practitioner and advanced-practice nursing degrees aren’t just being disrespectful; they’re hurting patients.

Connecticut's Safe Patient Limits Law

Securing safe patient limits in Connecticut hospitals

Learn more about the strong staffing law AFT Connecticut spearheaded in 2023 and how we’re holding the industry accountable to abide by it.

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Article - Report confirms third patient death due to staff shortage at CT hospital

Backus Nurses Union Leader Amber De Souza

Blog - Demanding a Workplace “Standard of Care”

Advocates gathered outside Windham Community Memorial Hospital protesting termination of the facility's maternity unit.

Opinion - Don’t dismantle the Office of Health Strategy

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Opinion - CT health system CEOS make $5M+. A nurse earns $40.02 an hour. Change is overdue

Hartford HealthCare CEO Jeff Flaks

Article - Top Connecticut hospital CEOs get big raises as health care industry faces financial strain

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Article - A CT nurse was slain in 2023 and violence continues. Now there’s pushback on proposed warning system