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Despite Relentless Attacks, Nearly Half a Million Workers Unionized in 2025

18 Feb, 2026

New data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows union representation grew by 463,000 in 2025, bringing the total number of workers represented by union contracts to 16.5 million.

Major Court Victory Protects Captive Audience Law

14 Feb, 2026

Ed Hawthorne, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, made the following statement in response to U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley granting Connecticut's motion for summary judgment and dismissing CBIA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s challenge to the state's captive audience law: This federal

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

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Judge Brett Kavanaugh Puts Rights of Working People at Serious Risk

Judge Kavanaugh has a dangerous track record of protecting the privileges of the wealthy and powerful at the expense of working people.

10, Jul, 2018

Working People Across CT Respond to Supreme Court Decision on Janus v. AFSCME Council 31

A teacher, firefighter, paraeducator, janitor, administrative assistant, and other workers stood on the steps of the Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday to denounce a judicial attack on their freedom to negotiate a fair return on their work.

27, Jun, 2018

Supreme Court Does Bidding of Corporate Elites as Working People Fight On

We have never depended on any politician or judge to decide our fate and we aren’t about to start now.

27, Jun, 2018

Workers, Labor Leaders to Hold Press Conference to Respond to Supreme Court Decision on Janus v. AFSCME Council 31

HARTFORD – Workers, labor leaders, and community supporters will hold a press conference on Wednesday, June 27, at 4:00 p.m. to respond to the Supreme Court decision released this morning on the Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 case.

27, Jun, 2018

Endorsements from Second Day of Connecticut AFL-CIO Political Convention

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

22, Jun, 2018

CT AFL-CIO to Hold Day Two of Twelfth Biennial Political Convention in Hartford

The Connecticut AFL-CIO, the umbrella federation of Connecticut unions, will hold the second day of its twelfth biennial political convention at the Hartford Hilton on Friday, June 22.

22, Jun, 2018