Press Room

AFL-CIO Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of 9/11, Calls for Health Care Coverage for Responders and Survivors

11 Sep, 2026

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks: On this solemn anniversary, the labor movement honors the memory of all those killed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, including the more than 600 members of our union family whom

Connecticut AFL-CIO Endorses Luke Bronin for Congress

02 Sep, 2026

The Connecticut AFL-CIO endorsed Luke Bronin for Congress, Martha Marx for State Senate, and Wildaliz Bermudez and Eli Sabin for State House.

AFL-CIO Statement on Passing of Former Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman

12 Aug, 2026

The Connecticut labor movement mourns the passing of former Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, a champion for working people throughout her more than three decades of public service.

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Labor Urges Passage of Pandemic Pay Proposal

Shellye Davis, Executive Vice President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO and a longtime paraeducator in Hartford Public Schools, made the following statement in response to Labor Committee’s

08, Mar, 2022

Workers Urge Legislature to Protect Workers Organizing into Unions From Captive Audience Meetings

Workers seeking to form a union at McDonald’s, Glanbia Nutritionals, and other employers across Connecticut urged legislators to pass a bill that would protect them from anti-union captive audience meetings held by their employers.

04, Mar, 2022

Labor Applauds Senate Democrats for Legislation to Protect CT Workers

From providing pandemic pay to essential workers to protecting workers seeking to join together in union, this legislation is a game changer.

17, Feb, 2022

Labor Disappointed by Lamont’s Weak Pandemic Hazard Pay Proposal for Essential Workers

Gov. Lamont’s proposed budget adjustments badly missed the mark when it comes to supporting frontline essential workers.

09, Feb, 2022

Union Membership Numbers Reflect Broken Labor Laws

(Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2022)—Today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual report on union membership makes it clear that American labor laws are unquestionably broken.

20, Jan, 2022

CT AFL-CIO Statement on Comptroller Lembo’s Resignation

Kevin Lembo is exactly the kind of elected official our state and our nation needs – someone who is smart, hard-working, kind, and always working with the utmost integrity. His resignation is a major loss for Connecticut.

03, Dec, 2021