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No Contract No Coffee - Baristas on ULP Strike

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AFL-CIO Stands in Solidarity with Striking Starbucks Workers

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Ed Hawthorne & Shellye Davis at 2025 Convention

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CT AFL-CIO Convention Unanimously Re-Elects President Ed Hawthorne & Secretary-Treasurer Shellye Davis

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AFL-CIO State of the Unions Address 2025

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AFL-CIO President: ‘The State of Our Unions Is Under Attack and Fighting Back’

27 Aug, 2025 Read More >

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Dr. Miguel Cardona a Champion for Public Education

President-elect Joe Biden’s selection of Dr. Miguel Cardona to lead the Department of Education is a sorely needed transition away from the backward values and atrocious record of Secretary Betsy DeVos.

22, Dec, 2020

CT AFL-CIO Statement on Tragic Passing of Ed Gomes

Today, the labor movement lost a true hero for working people. As a retired steelworker and member of USW, Ed Gomes knew what it was like to work for a living and brought that experience to the state legislature every day.

22, Dec, 2020

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