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Boycott Starbucks!

02 Sep, 2026

For nearly five years, Starbucks baristas have been fighting for what every worker deserves: better pay, enough hours to make ends meet, safe staffing, and a fair union contract. More than 12,000 baristas have organized with Starbucks Workers United, winning more than 700 union elections nationwide.

New Pride At Work Chapter Starting in Connecticut

13 Aug, 2026

Pride At Work is an AFL-CIO constituency group that brings together LGBTQIA+ union members and allies to strengthen solidarity, advocate for equality, and build power in our workplaces.

AFL-CIO Report Shows Top CEOs Made 312 Times Workers' Pay in 2025

13 Aug, 2026

New research shows S&P 500 CEOs received $22.8 million on average in 2025, a 21% increase from the previous year, while working people struggle to make ends meet.

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How to Help Working People on Workers Memorial Day

Every year on April 28, the labor movement observes Workers Memorial Day to remember workers killed or injured on the job and to renew the fight for strong safety and health protections.

28, Apr, 2022

Nurse Was Forced Into Supply Closet for Captive Audience Meeting

John Brady is a Registered Nurse and worked at Backus Hospital (Hartford HealthCare) in Norwich when he and his co-workers decided they needed to form a union.

25, Apr, 2022

No One Should Be Intimidated or Afraid at Work. SB 163 Will Help Restore Respect.

When Kirt and his co-workers tried to form a union, his employer hired a union-busting firm to "educate" employees with mandatory captive audience meetings.

22, Apr, 2022

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the future of America's labor movement

Liz Shuler is the first woman ever elected president of the AFL-CIO.

She took over a time when the world of work has been turned upside down.

Union organizing is happening in some unexpected places, and sometimes in ways that disrupt the traditional union playbook.

19, Apr, 2022

Workers are Human Beings. SB 163 Will Help Them Fight Injustice at Work.

Ema Vasquez works at McDonald’s at an I-95 service plaza. She and her co-workers have been fighting against injustice in their workplace since 2019.

18, Apr, 2022

School Bus Companies Have Held Captive Audience Meetings to Intimidate Workers

Ally Dube was a school bus driver employed by M & J Bus Inc. in North Stonington. When Ally and her co-workers tried to form a union, they were subjected to intense captive audience meetings where she felt “like a hostage.”

Watch Ally share her experience:

11, Apr, 2022