Union leadership said Tuesday that 57%, or over 400, non-permanent positions will be cut throughout the community college system by the end of the year.

Some college campuses plan to entirely eliminate cafeteria services and office administrator support. Capital, located in downtown Hartford, also plans to limit its library, tutoring, disability, ESL services for students by the start of the fall semester on Sept. 1. 

“Every cut hurts our students. Every cut will hurt our enrollment. … Every cut will hurt our retention. … Every cut, specifically eliminating the Office of Career Services [at Capital] will hurt our students’ ability to get a job when they finish. We understand each and every cut as an attack on poor, working-class, predominantly Black and brown students.”