Press Room

AFL-CIO President on Federal Collective Bargaining Executive Order: "Very Definition of Union-Busting"

28 Mar, 2025

Straight out of Project 2025, this executive order is the very definition of union-busting.

Federal Court Orders Reinstatement of Fired Probationary Federal Employees

13 Mar, 2025

Judge rules workers were illegally fired by the Trump administration.

Ending Collective Bargaining at TSA Is a ‘Dangerous’ Move that Would Put Lives at Risk

07 Mar, 2025

TSA officers are the front-line defense at America’s airports for the millions of families who travel by air each year.

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Increase in Job Fatalities Highlights Need for Worker Protections

Too many of America’s workers are being killed on the job and face dangerous working conditions.

16, Dec, 2020

Pro-Worker Candidates Win Across Connecticut

From the State House to the U.S. House of Representatives, pro-worker candidates won up and down the ballot throughout Connecticut.

05, Nov, 2020

AFL-CIO, Chamber of Commerce, National Faith Leaders Call for Votes to Be Counted

Labor, business & faith leaders agree: All votes must be counted!

03, Nov, 2020

AFL-CIO Releases Its Annual Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect Report

Each day in this country, an average of 275 workers die because of occupational illness and injuries. In Connecticut, there were 48 workplace deaths in 2018 alone.

09, Oct, 2020

Ginsburg One of America’s Greatest Jurists

America has lost one of the greatest jurists in our nation’s history. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent her career defending the Constitution and the everyday working people who bring that document to life.

18, Sep, 2020

Endorsements from the Connecticut AFL-CIO Political Convention

At the Connecticut AFL-CIO's Thirteenth Biennial Political Convention today, delegates endorsed pro-worker candidates from the U.S. House to the State House.

04, Sep, 2020