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AFL-CIO: ICE Actions Are Putting Working People in Danger

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement: The Trump administration's reckless Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations are trampling on working people's fundamental rights and freedoms: to work with dignity and raise our families without the threat of violence from our
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AFL-CIO Condemns Job-Threatening Order to Stop Offshore Wind Projects

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration ordering work to stop on offshore wind projects along the East Coast: President Trump's attempt to abruptly scuttle East Coast wind projects, leaving thousands of workers in limbo during the holiday
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AFL-CIO Condemns Job-Threatening Order to Stop Offshore Wind Projects

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Connecticut AFL-CIO Applauds Passage of UI for Striking Workers Legislation in State House

Connecticut AFL-CIO Applauds Passage of UI for Striking Workers Legislation in State House

Ed Hawthorne, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, made the following statement in response to the State House of Representatives passing Sena

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Connecticut AFL-CIO Applauds Passage of Critical Pro-Worker Legislation in the State Senate

We thank the Senate for proudly and unapologetically standing with Connecticut's working families today by passing SB 8. Today’s vote is a critical step towards helping restore balance to collective bargaining.
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IAM Union Workers at Pratt & Whitney Achieve Contract Victory, Ending Three-Week Strike

HARTFORD, Conn., May 27, 2025 — Approximately 3,000 IAM Union Local 1746 and Local 700 (District 26) members have voted by 74% to ratify a new four-year collective bargaining agreement with engine-maker Pratt & Whitney, officially ending the three-week strike that

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Strike sign at IAM contract vote
STRIKE: Machinists at Pratt & Whitney Going on Strike

STRIKE: Machinists at Pratt & Whitney Going on Strike

WALLINGFORD – Over 3,000 members of Machinist (IAM) Locals 700 and 1746 have overwhelmingly voted to go on strike at Pratt & Whitney’s Middletown and East Hartford plants, citing inadequate wage increases, weakening of their retirement benefits, rising health insurance costs,

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Connecticut public service workers send message to Congress: No public service cuts to pay for billionaire tax breaks

AFSCME members, the public service workers who keep Connecticut running, gathered in Mystic to sound the alarm on how federal funding cuts will devastate all public services, from education to infrastructure

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