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.
Our union is continuing our fight to renew every EA contract for all our EAs who have either lost their jobs, seen their hours reduced, or been provided short-term renewals that leave members in precarious and uncertain positions.
Learn MoreLegislators and Governor Lamont hold the key to reinstating the funding support our community college students deserve.
Learn MoreApproximately 200 teaching faculty won union recognition with the 4Cs!
Learn MoreOur values drive our actions. It's time to raise the value of higher education in Connecticut.
Read MoreJoin the 4Cs Community College membership, Charter Oak State College or the University of Hartford.
Community College University of Hartford Charter Oak State CollegeTogether, 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.
Our Leaders Governance CommitteesPublic Division includes members at the CT Community Colleges & Charter Oak State College; the Private Division includes members at the University of Hartford.
Public Division Private Division RetireesThe 4Cs history dates back to 1973. Read about our rich history of activism.
Learn MoreWe 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 AreCommunity 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.
Our Contract last year included two lump sum payments. For many of the bargaining unit, there was some wait to receive the payments, but some of our members are still waiting! However, we can finally report that the wait is nearly over!
As you may be aware, Governor Lamont signed legislation last year establishing Juneteenth Independence Day as a new legal state holiday on June 19.
