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

09 Jan, 2026

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

AFL-CIO Condemns Job-Threatening Order to Stop Offshore Wind Projects

23 Dec, 2025

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

AFL-CIO Stands in Solidarity with Striking Starbucks Workers

13 Nov, 2025 Read More >

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AFL-CIO, UFCW & Building Trades on Judiciary Committee Passing Cannabis Bill

We applaud the Judiciary Committee for recognizing that the best way to create good jobs in this new industry is to make labor peace agreements a condition of licensure.

06, Apr, 2021

NEW POLL: 77% of Americans Support Amazon Union Drive

More than three-quarters of Americans support workers' efforts to organize a union at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.

05, Apr, 2021

AFL-CIO Statement on Labor Committee Passing Workers' Compensation Presumption

Throughout the pandemic, the state has expected our essential workers to continue to show up to work every day and sometimes without adequate personal protective equipment. And they have. The least we can do is take care of them when they get sick.

25, Mar, 2021

AFL-CIO & UFCW Urges Legislature to Include Labor Peace in Legal Cannabis Bill

We thank the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus for announcing today that the inclusion of equity standards and labor peace in legalizing recreational use of cannabis is one of their top priorities.

25, Feb, 2021

Statement on Introduction of Landmark Worker Rights Bill

The PRO Act will be one of the most important pieces of legislation for working people in a generation.

04, Feb, 2021

Statewide Coalition Urges Lamont to Craft Budget that Creates a Recovery for All

HARTFORD – On Thursday, the Recovery for All coalition, which is comprised of community, faith and labor organizations, sent a letter to Gov. Lamont urging him to craft a budget that reduces income inequality and ensures that Connecticut’s economic recovery is shared by all.

28, Jan, 2021