Press Room

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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In the Face of Janus, AFL-CIO Launches Nationwide Ad Campaign Calling on Working People to Organize

Major ad buy seizes on wave of collective action.

29, May, 2018

Statement on Failure to Call Minimum Wage for a Vote

We are extremely disappointed that the legislature did not even have the courage to bring minimum wage up for a vote this year.

10, May, 2018

Workers, Labor Leaders, and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman to Commemorate CT Workers Who Lost Their Lives on the Job

On Saturday, April 28, local workers, advocates, elected officials & students will gather at the Workers Memorial in Bushnell Park for a ceremony to honor workers who have died or suffered illness or injuries on the job.

27, Apr, 2018

Endorsements from First Day of Connecticut AFL-CIO Political Convention

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

06, Apr, 2018

Connecticut AFL-CIO to Hold Twelfth Biennial Political Convention in Hartford

The Connecticut AFL-CIO, the umbrella federation of Connecticut unions, will hold the first day of its twelfth biennial political convention at the Hartford Hilton on Friday, April 6.

06, Apr, 2018

Labor Praises Gov. Malloy for Changing Divisive Term for State Workers

Our members have long called for an end to divisive rhetoric that all too often distorts the real record of the hard-working women and men in Connecticut state service.

21, Mar, 2018