Press Room

AFL-CIO Applauds NLRB Decision to Ban Captive Audience Meetings

14 Nov, 2024

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement in response to the decision from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to ban coercive “captive audience” meetings:

Connecticut AFL-CIO Reacts to 2024 Election Results

07 Nov, 2024

Ed Hawthorne, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, made the following statement in response to the 2024 election results:

AFL-CIO Reaffirms Commitment to Count Every Vote

30 Oct, 2024

(Washington, D.C.)—AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in advance of Election Day next week:

Recent

Labor’s Statements on Last Night’s Election Results

Last night was a resounding victory for working people all across our great state.

07, Nov, 2018

Connecticut AFL-CIO President Lori Pelletier to Resign

Connecticut AFL-CIO President Lori J. Pelletier will resign from the state’s largest labor federation on Friday, November 30.

24, Oct, 2018

Final Connecticut AFL-CIO Endorsements

After a final round of interviews, the following candidates were endorsed by the Connecticut AFL-CIO:

State Senate
SD 6: Terry Gerratana
SD 14: James Maroney

08, Oct, 2018

Trumka Calls for New Supreme Court Direction at Yale Law School

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka delivered the following remarks at Yale Law School on the future of the Supreme Court:

07, Sep, 2018

Endorsements from the Final Day of Connecticut AFL-CIO’s Political Convention

Delegates to the Connecticut AFL-CIO’s Twelfth Biennial Political Convention today endorsed the following candidates.

31, Aug, 2018

NAFTA Negotiations on Track but Not Done

Any new deal must raise wages, ensure workers’ rights and freedoms, reduce outsourcing and put the interests of working families first in all three countries.

27, Aug, 2018