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The 4Cs, SEIU 1973

4Cs members educate and support Connecticut's future workforce. With long-standing inequalities getting in the way of real opportunities for many, an affordable, quality system of higher ed for our cities and rural communities positively impacts us all.

The 4Cs, SEIU 1973

Campaigns

Municipal Elections: Get Involved!

Get involved in the races of our endorsed candidates!

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Municipal Elections: Get Involved!

Save our Services

Legislators and Governor Lamont hold the key to reinstating the funding support our community college students deserve.

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Save our Services

Welcome Charter Oak State College Union Members!

Approximately 200 teaching faculty won union recognition with the 4Cs!

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Welcome Charter Oak State College Union Members!

Working for our Members

What We Believe

Our values drive our actions. It's time to raise the value of higher education in Connecticut.

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What We Believe

Become a Member

Join the 4Cs Community College membership, Charter Oak State College or the University of Hartford.

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Our Union

Together, we will win as we move forward together to build a bold, fearless, and progressive union, that stands up for and fights for the principles we believe in.

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Our Union

Divisions

Public Division includes members at the CT Community Colleges & Charter Oak State College; the Private Division includes members at the University of Hartford.

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History

The 4Cs history dates back to 1973. Read about our rich history of activism.

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History

Our Members

We are an organization of over 4,000 higher education employees in Connecticut who, by joining together, are achieving what we cannot accomplish alone. We provide valuable services to our communities, helping to educate and support a higher education population of over 75,000 students at Connecticut’s community colleges, Charter Oak State College, and the University of Hartford. By standing together, we have a stronger voice in our working conditions, which are our students learning conditions. Our work touches the lives of every single Connecticut resident. We educate your children, we provide service in your communities, and we positively impact the economy by providing educated workers that Connecticut businesses need to thrive.

Who We Are

News

DA Passes Resolutions on Military Spending and Israel/Palestine Conflict

November 15, 2023

DA Passes Resolutions

DA Passes Resolutions on Military Spending and Israel/Palestine Conflict

Meet Your Legislator

September 26, 2023

The 4Cs and our coalition partners are going to the **Special Session on Tuesday, September 26 at noon at the State Capitol.**

Meet Your Legislator

May 17 - the BIG rally

August 25, 2023

Community college faculty, staff, students, and our allies are ready to demonstrate to state decision-makers that we will not sit idly by as they gut public higher education; allow childcare workers, long-term care workers, and paraeducators to continue in poverty wages without health benefits; ignore teaching and other staffing crises; and allow our neediest residents to continue without critical services.

May 17 - the BIG rally