Below are the endorsement processes for the following unions, councils and federations:
Connecticut State Building Trades Council
SEIU Connecticut State Council
Connecticut AFL-CIO Endorsement Process
Candidates are invited to seek the endorsement of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, a federation of hundreds of local unions representing over 200,000 active union members in the private sector, public sector, and building trades. Our members live and work in every city and town in our state and reflect the diversity that makes Connecticut great.
Our process is simple:
- To be considered for endorsement, you must first fill out our questionnaire. Please contact Political Director Joelyn Leon at jleon@ctaflcio.org for the link.
- Depending on your responses on the questionnaire and the feasibility of your campaign, you may be invited to be interviewed.
- Finally, the Connecticut AFL-CIO will vote on any possible endorsement. We require 2/3 majority vote to endorse.
Please complete the questionnaire as soon as possible so that you may be considered for an interview before our Political Convention to be held June 23rd and 24th where endorsements will be voted on.
Connecticut State Building & Construction Trades Council
To be considered for endorsement, you must fill out their 2022 endorsement questionnaire.
If you have any questions about any of the information on this questionnaire, please contact CT State Building Trades (CSBT) President Keith Brothers, at 860-213-2645, or CSBT Executive Director Joe Toner, at 860-798-4536.
SEIU Connecticut State Council
To be considered for endorsement, you must fill out the 2022 candidate endorsement questionnaire.
If you have any questions, contact Director Rick Melita at 203-214-7744 or rmelita.seiu@gmail.com.
AFT Connecticut
Our AFT Connecticut* endorsement process has started for the 2022 election season. We are looking for candidates who are concerned with the long-term well-being of our state and towns, rather than the short-term interests of individuals or political parties. While there are many issues of great importance to AFT Connecticut members, we have chosen in our endorsement questionnaire those issues we hope will both give you the broadest view of our concerns as well as help us to get to know you.
The first step in our endorsement process is for candidates to fill out the link to the AFT Connecticut’s 2022 General Assembly Questionnaire. This questionnaire will help to assist us in selecting candidates to endorse in the municipal elections. We encourage you to fully explain your views and concerns. After we receive the questionnaire back, we will review the questionnaire and then contact you to either to schedule an interview or contact you to get more information.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact one of us below for more information. Thank you and we look forward to working with you.
Teri Merisotis
AFT Connecticut Legislative Advocate
tmerisotis@aftct.org
Jim Vigue
AFT Connecticut Legislative Advocate
jvigue@aftct.org
*AFT Connecticut is a diverse state federation of more than 90 local unions representing over 30,000 active public and private sector workers. Our members include teachers, paraprofessionals, school nurses and other school personnel, state employees, higher education faculty and staff, hospital nurses, technicians and service and maintenance workers.
AFSCME Council 4
Please fill out the questionnaire and return as an attachment by email to: Political@council4.org. If you do not receive a confirmation of receipt of your email within a day, please notify Brian Anderson at 860-690-2597 or Zak Leavy at 860-989-9116.