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Washington State’s Innovative Aerospace Apprenticeship Program Touted

As National Apprenticeship Week kicks off, a new report from the Working for America Institute and Jobs With Justice Education Fund profiles a Washington state apprenticeship program as a suc

14, Nov, 2017

Democrats Have An Ambitious Plan To Help Rebuild Labor Unions

As a pillar of the Democratic Party, unions have wanted for years to see mainstream Democrats push for major reforms to the law that would rejuvenate the ranks of organized labor.

02, Nov, 2017

Malloy Signs Budget, Enacts Bipartisan Plan Minus Hospital Tax

Included in this budget update is a brief summary of key provisions impacting working families and a full summary of the entire bipartisan budget.

01, Nov, 2017

Lori Pelletier & Gwen Mills Elected to AFL-CIO Executive Council

At the AFL-CIO 2017 Convention last week, two Connecticut labor leaders were elected to serve on the national AFL-CIO Executive Council – Connecticut AFL-CIO President Lori Pelletier and UNITE HERE Secretary-Treasurer Gwen Mills.

01, Nov, 2017

Convention Delegates Declare Unanimous Opposition to Bankruptcy in Hartford

The over 300 delegates that attended the Connecticut AFL-CIO’s Twelfth Biennial Constitutional Convention earlier this month declared unanimous opposition to bankruptcy in the City of Hartford.

17, Oct, 2017

AFL-CIO, Several Unions Send Volunteers to Puerto Rico

Some 275 volunteers – pilots, mechanics, flight attendants and other workers – took off from Newark International Airport on October 4 on a union-sponsored relief mission to hurricane-smashed Puerto Rico, the AFL-CIO announced.

05, Oct, 2017