ROTTEN APPLES
A rotten apple to greedy CEOs and special interests trying to divide and limit union members’ collective bargaining power. Read more.
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SHINY APPLES
A shiny apple to 31 legislators who joined a progressive caucus to fight for issues of importance to the state’s middle class. Read about the legislators who are part of this progressive movement.
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HELP REGISTER STUDENTS TO VOTE IN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL
CEA is partnering with the Registrars of Voters Association of Connecticut on a month-long voter registration drive in Connecticut’s high schools, beginning May 1.
Read how you can help encourage all students who will be 18 years old on or before Election Day to register to vote.
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Teachers, Registrars to Students: Your Vote Matters
CEA announced today that it has proudly partnered with the Registrars of Voters Association of Connecticut on a month-long voter registration drive in Connecticut’s high schools, beginning May 1. The goal of the drive is to encourage all students who will be 18 years of age on or before Election Day—November 6—to register to vote,…
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IT’S TIME TO ROLL BACK THE TEACHER TAX
We have a little over a week to urge legislators to do what’s right and roll back the teacher tax. Legislators are currently considering action on a budget bill, so now is the time to contact them. Contact your legislators and tell them to roll back the teacher tax and pass HB 5430. Tell legislative leaders to…
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Register to Vote Campaign
CEA is proud to partner with the Registrars of Voters Association of Connecticut on a month-long, non-partisan voter registration drive in Connecticut’s high schools, beginning May 1, and you can help
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Act Now: Tell Legislators to Rollback the 1% Teacher Tax
It’s time to roll back the 1 percent teacher tax increase. The legislature is currently considering action on a budget bill, and we have two weeks left in the legislative session to fight for a roll back of the teacher tax from 7 to 6 percent. Now is the time to call your legislators and…
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Teachers Run Statewide Relay in Support of Safe Schools
As students around the country marked the 19th anniversary of the mass shooting at Columbine High School on April 20, teachers in Connecticut sent a clear message that they, too, are pushing for stronger congressional action on gun violence in classrooms. Representing all eight counties in Connecticut, dozens of teachers took part in a statewide…
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Westport Teachers Wear Red for Ed
Like their colleagues standing up for fair wages and education funding across the nation, Westport teachers came together last night, wearing red, in a show of strength and solidarity before the town’s Board of Education. Year after year, Westport teachers have taken on a higher share of their healthcare premiums, and increased costs have often…
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For English Learner Turned Ivy-Leaguer, Public School Teachers Made the Difference
On the morning of their promotion to middle school, fifth-grade girls from the Walsh School in Waterbury had a special visitor. About to embark on a promotion of her own—starting on her master’s degree at an Ivy League school—Georbina DaRosa had also once been a fifth-grader at Walsh, back in 2006. Like many of the…
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