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It’s Election Day! Do You Know Your Rights?

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UAW on Strike at Triumph in West Hartford

02 Nov, 2026

Starting at 5:00 this morning, UAW Local 405 members at Triumph in West Hartford have gone out on strike! Their demands are straightforward: fair wages, cost of living adjustments, affordable health insurance, and job security. That's a meager demand from a company that made $687 million in profits

Job Posting: Communications Director

22 Oct, 2026

The Connecticut AFL-CIO is seeking an experienced, strategic, and creative Communications Director to lead the state federation’s internal and external communications programs.

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Nurses Need Workplace Protections and Respect

Happy nurses week! It’s the time of year when our employers honor us for the hard work we do every day, healing and saving lives.

14, May, 2018

‘We Are All Immigrants’

Tefere Gebre came to the United States in 1984 as a teenager. He and four friends had left their home in war-torn Ethiopia and walked nearly 500 miles across the desert to a refugee camp in Sudan.

11, May, 2018

This Is How You Really Appreciate Teachers

When it comes to appreciating educators, please heed an old expression: Walk the walk, don’t just talk the talk.

11, May, 2018

Candidate Wins Approval to Use Campaign Funds for Child Care

The Federal Election Commission on Thursday gave a woman candidate running for Congress the green light to use portions of her campaign funds to pay for

11, May, 2018

Maria Elena Durazo on the Ballot for California State Senate

Longtime labor activist and leader Maria Elena Durazo is a familiar and beloved name to hundreds of thousands of union members and working people.

11, May, 2018

AFL-CIO Launches Study of State of Work and of Unions

Saying workers are buffeted by automation, globalization and robotics, which threaten high joblessness, and firms robbing them of bargaining power to fight back and get jobs in the looming new economy, the AFL-CIO launched a year-long study of the state of work and the state of U.S. unions.

07, May, 2018