It’s about closing the Opportunity Gap. Our students are incredible, our teachers are amazing. Give our students the opportunities they deserve, and give the teachers the resources they need. We need resources, smaller classes, and more teachers and staff. The district has received $127 million, and most of it is unspent. All of our unions …
Category Archives: In Solidarity
Eyes on March – Parkville Highlights – Shellye Davis of the Hartford Paraeducators’ Union
We caught up with Shellye Davis right before her powerful speech at the Rally. Shellye shared insights and inspiration that uplifted Hartford’s students and Paraeducators.
Eyes on March: Parkville Highlights – Pre-Rally with the E-Board
The HFT stood proud on March 23, 2021 at the Parkville Market. Hartford’s teachers are standing up for HARTFORD STUDENTS! We are here to close the Opportunity Gap in Hartford, because our students deserve the very best. Thank you to everyone who came out and let their voices be heard! Here is a series of …
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Hartford Public Schools announces Teacher of the Year nominees for 2021
The HFT heartily congratulates these excellent nominees for Hartford’s Teacher of the Year. Read the full story on WTNH!
HFT Supports All Americans
This past year has been a turbulent one for American history. The struggle for justice and diversity continually takes on a new look. Asian Americans, currently a target of hate crimes, have a long history of discrimination on our soil. We must remember the adage that ‘freedom is not free”. As we look at the …
Securing a Vaccination Plan to Benefit Our Schools
Unions representing teachers and support personnel, superintendents and parents today are thanking state officials for adopting their proposed parallel vaccination plan presented last week for Connecticut’s school communities. The Board of Education (BOE) Union Coalition’s recommendations were included in directives announced this afternoon by Governor Ned Lamont. Click here for the coalition’s letter to …
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“Rewarding to Win on Issues that Matter” to Our Members
Despite the challenges posed by a deadly second wave of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) infections, union members over the past three months made significant progress at the negotiating table. We’re highlighting a contract victory for our latest collective bargaining report resulting from workplace activism in spite of the limitations imposed by the pandemic. The win reinforces …
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Hartford Adminstration Exploring a shift to a longer school day or year
From today’s Hartford Courant…
Discussion of the Insurrection for AFT Members
With impeachment underway, the foundations our democracy under attack, and the inauguration of Joe Biden only a few days away, we’re navigating a crisis the likes of which our country has never seen. We want to make sure our members understand what the next few days will look like and what we’ll be focusing on …
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The Bonds That Unite Us
“One country, One destiny” was embroidered into the inner linings of Abraham Lincoln’s jacket on the night he was assassinated; it is also etched on the lapel flag worn by Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi during the reconvening of Congress on the evening of January 6, 2021. After the violence that descended …
