April 28th Workers Memorial Ceremony Honors Workers
Killed or Injured on the Job

On Saturday, April 28th, the Connecticut AFL-CIO honored workers who were injured or killed on the job in a ceremony at the Workers Memorial in Bushnell Park, Hartford. While bagpipers and color guard saluted, wreathes were laid at the memorial in remembrance of workers who have died. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Congressman Chris Murphy, Lieutenant Nancy Wyman, Comptroller Kevin Lembo, union leaders and workers spoke at the ceremony.  For Pictures click this link:http://ct.aflcio.org/statefed/?action=album&albumid=5d270f86-db05-4a7e-b29c-d43dd74f89cb   Read more>>>

 

On Thursday, February 2nd, the Connecticut AFL-CIO's Young Workers Committee hosted a program and discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing young workers and the benefits of belonging to a union. The labor movement’s relationship with the Occupy and progressive movements was also  discussed. The event included union members and activists with the Hartford Organizing Group, an outgrowth of the Occupy Hartford movement. Read more >>>

The Ninth Biennial Convention of the Connecticut AFL-CIO was held September 14 - 16th at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort.  The following is a summary of the proceedings of the convention and the full text of the resolutions is attached.  Click on the resources line and scroll through the resolutions.  Read more >>>

 “Behind the unemployment statistics are people like me who are trying to provide for their families - pay the mortgage, keep food on the table and send their kids to college, said unemployed construction worker Mark Bourgeois at a recent round table on creating jobs and fixing the economy.  "Construction workers like me are hungry for work. Congress needs to invest in building and repairing our crumbling infrastructure and put us back to work.”

The Connecticut AFL-CIO was part of the "We are One" coalition that spearheaded around table discussion with Congressman Murphy who met with 25 people from community and labor organizations on Thursday, August 11th at Right Now Ministries in New Britain. Read more>>>

New Haven, CT -- Fixing the economy and creating new jobs was the topic of an August 8th roundtable discussion with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and community and labor organizations. The roundtable, held at Second Star of Jacob in New Haven, included a student, teacher, manufacturing worker, construction worker and unemployed worker who told personal stories about how the economic crisis has affected their lives. Read more >>>

Workers Memorial Day in Connecticut was commemorated on Thursday, April 28th.  The Connecticut AFL-CIO held a ceremony at 12 noon at the Capitol and the Southeast Labor Council and the United Way of the Southeastern region held its sunrise ceremony at 6:00 AM in Washington Park in Groton.  See our pictures in our photo album by clicking here:  http://ct.aflcio.org/statefed?action=album&albumid=fcb4efce-6c0a-4edd-b24e-0776782796f9 Read more>>>

The Connecticut AFL-CIO urges its members to join the Greater New Haven Labor History Association.  Its mission is to collect, preserve and share the history of working people in the greater New Haven area and throughout the state of Connecticut. Its goal is to work with you to document your history and make it known. Read more>>>