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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.

Sign for ER outside Hartford Hospital

Article - In CT emergency departments, patients may wait hours for a hospital bed. Lawmaker: 'Unsafe and unacceptable'

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Collage of photos from the Manchester Memorial nurses union's 2026 contract ratification vote.

Report - Turning the Corner with a Landmark New Contract

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Collage of union leaders who spoke at June 5 "Health Cuts Kill" Vigil in New Haven, CT

Report - Denouncing Cruel Cuts that Threaten Lives

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Union leaders gathered with state lawmakers and the governor to celebrate signing workplace violence protections into law

Report - Securing Full Compensation for Injury Due to Workplace Assault

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Exterior of St Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT

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

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Backus Nurses Union Leader Amber De Souza

Blog - Demanding a Workplace “Standard of Care”

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