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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Labor Advocates Urge Fiscal Stability Commission to Take High Road to Achieve Economic Growth in Connecticut

There’s no silver bullet when it comes to balancing the state budget and growing the economy, but we know that attacking working people is not the direction Connecticut should be taking.

09, Feb, 2018

Fix is In: Business Lobby Urges Adoption of Fiscal Stability Commission Recommendations Before they are Voted on and Released

“It appears the fix is in,” said Lori J. Pelletier, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO.

08, Feb, 2018

“Now Is the Time to Raise Up Connecticut Workers!” Connecticut Unions Declare at Start of Legislative Session

“These common sense proposals would help lift wages and standards for working people across the state,” said Lori J. Pelletier, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO.

08, Feb, 2018

Trump Administration SCOTUS Brief Threatens Working People’s Livelihoods

While President Trump boasts his support for working families, his administration is advocating a position in the United States Supreme Court that disregards decades of settled law and threatens our livelihoods.

08, Dec, 2017

Republican Tax Bill an Attack on Working People

The GOP tax bill that passed the Senate by one vote is nothing but an attack on America’s workers.

04, Dec, 2017

Statement on Nancy Wyman’s Decision

Nancy Wyman has been a champion for workers from her time in the General Assembly in the Education Committee to her tenure in the Comptroller’s office and most recently, as our Lieutenant Governor.

16, Nov, 2017