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Tell Gov. Lamont: Keep Your Promise to Essential Workers

18 Nov, 2022 Read More >

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Labor Mourns the Passing of Former UAW Region 9A Director Phil Wheeler

03 Nov, 2022 Read More >

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Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Maribel Rodriguez

05 Oct, 2022

Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today's profile features Maribel Rodriguez.

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Dollar General Workers Expose Company's Illegal Union-Busting

Last Fall in Barkhamsted, six Dollar General employees tried to form a union after corporate management wrongly accused their store manager of stealing.

21, Mar, 2022

Worker describes how captive audience meetings erode human dignity

When we hear about employers trying to silence the voices of workers, we like to think those kinds of things don’t happen in Connecticut. But they do.

21, Mar, 2022

Organizing Director Breaks Down Captive Audience Meetings

Jessica Petronella, Organizing Director for UFCW Local 371, breaks down the types of anti-union tactics management will engage in to scare workers.

14, Mar, 2022

Workers Memorial Day Scholarship Essay Contest

This year, the Connecticut AFL-CIO Health and Safety Committee is again offering a scholarship essay contest to inspire high school seniors to think about the importance of workplace health and safety.

11, Mar, 2022

Organizing workers describe their experiences with captive audience meetings

When workers seek to form a union, many employers will force them to attend captive audience meetings where they often make threats and harass workers to vote no.

08, Mar, 2022

Super Bowl LVI: Brought to You by America's Unions

On Sunday night, millions of Americans and people around the world will be watching as NFLPA members compete on the gridiron at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

13, Feb, 2022