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STRIKE: Machinists at Pratt & Whitney Going on Strike

04 May, 2025 Read More >

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Connecticut public service workers send message to Congress: No public service cuts to pay for billionaire tax breaks

26 Apr, 2025

AFSCME members, the public service workers who keep Connecticut running, gathered in Mystic to sound the alarm on how federal funding cuts will devastate all public services, from education to infrastructure

New AFL-CIO Report Finds Worker Deaths on the Job Continue, Will Worsen Under Trump Administration Policies

23 Apr, 2025

The AFL-CIO’s 34th annual ‘Death on the Job’ report provides a state-by-state analysis of threats to worker health and safety and policy recommendations for how the government can better protect workers

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AFL-CIO Strongly Supports Tim Walz for Vice President

On August 6, following Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, the AFL-CIO announced our enthusiastic support for the Harris–Walz ticket.

07, Aug, 2024

AFL-CIO Unanimously Endorses Kamala Harris for President

WASHINGTON—Following a vote of its Executive Council, which represents 60 unions and 12.5 million workers, on Monday the AFL-CIO unanimously endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in the 2024 election.

23, Jul, 2024

Reporters with The Hartford Courant Guild

Reporters at Hartford Courant Ratify Historic First Contract

HARTFORD – After five years of negotiations, reporters at the Hartford Courant and seven other Tribune publications have ratified an historic first union contract with Alden Global Capital.

17, Jun, 2024

Connecticut AFL-CIO President Ed Hawthorne

Labor Responds to Lamont Veto of Legislation to Aid Striking Workers

The Connecticut AFL-CIO and Connecticut State Council of Machinists made the following statements in response to the veto of House Bill 5431 which would have provided support to striking workers:

Ed Hawthorne, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO:

11, Jun, 2024

CT AFL-CIO Mourns State Trooper Killed on the Job

Ed Hawthorne, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, and Shellye Davis, Secretary-Treasurer of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, made the following statement in response to the death of State Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier on the job:

30, May, 2024

Cannabis workers at Still River Wellness join UFCW

Cannabis Workers at Still River Wellness in Torrington Join UFCW

[Torrington, CT] – The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 371 is proud to announce the workers at Still River Wellness in Torrington have joined its Cannabis Workers Rising division. This historic moment marks a

14, May, 2024