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Connecticut AFL-CIO Applauds Passage of Critical Pro-Worker Legislation in the State Senate

We thank the Senate for proudly and unapologetically standing with Connecticut's working families today by passing SB 8. Today’s vote is a critical step towards helping restore balance to collective bargaining.
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Connecticut AFL-CIO Applauds Passage of Critical Pro-Worker Legislation in the State Senate

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IAM Union Workers at Pratt & Whitney Achieve Contract Victory, Ending Three-Week Strike

HARTFORD, Conn., May 27, 2025 — Approximately 3,000 IAM Union Local 1746 and Local 700 (District 26) members have voted by 74% to ratify a new four-year collective bargaining agreement with engine-maker Pratt & Whitney, officially ending the three-week strike that

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Strike sign at IAM contract vote
STRIKE: Machinists at Pratt & Whitney Going on Strike

STRIKE: Machinists at Pratt & Whitney Going on Strike

WALLINGFORD – Over 3,000 members of Machinist (IAM) Locals 700 and 1746 have overwhelmingly voted to go on strike at Pratt & Whitney’s Middletown and East Hartford plants, citing inadequate wage increases, weakening of their retirement benefits, rising health insurance costs,

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Connecticut public service workers send message to Congress: No public service cuts to pay for billionaire tax breaks

AFSCME members, the public service workers who keep Connecticut running, gathered in Mystic to sound the alarm on how federal funding cuts will devastate all public services, from education to infrastructure

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New AFL-CIO Report Finds Worker Deaths on the Job Continue, Will Worsen Under Trump Administration Policies

The AFL-CIO’s 34th annual ‘Death on the Job’ report provides a state-by-state analysis of threats to worker health and safety and policy recommendations for how the government can better protect workers

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Read More > New AFL-CIO Report Finds Worker Deaths on the Job Continue, Will Worsen Under Trump Administration Policies