In case you missed it, CT AFL-CIO President Ed Hawthorne was a guest on Fox's The Real Story to talk about legislation that will protect workers from employer intimidation and harassment during union organizing campaigns.

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

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.

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.