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1199 Group Home & Day Program Workers Strike

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CT AFL-CIO Statement on Start of Second Week of Group Home Workers Strike

31 May, 2023 Read More >

UFCW Local 919 - First CT Cannabis Union

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Advanced Grow Labs Forms Connecticut’s First Cannabis Union with UFCW Local 919

15 May, 2023 Read More >

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Unions Representing 7,500 Paraeducators are Outraged at Paraeducator Bill Dying in Committee

21 Apr, 2023

Paraeducator leaders with AFT Connecticut, CSEA SEIU Local 2001, AFSCME Council 4, MEUI/SEIU Local 506, and UAW Region 9A made the following statements in response to

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AFL-CIO & UFCW Urges Legislature to Include Labor Peace in Legal Cannabis Bill

We thank the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus for announcing today that the inclusion of equity standards and labor peace in legalizing recreational use of cannabis is one of their top priorities.

25, Feb, 2021

Statement on Introduction of Landmark Worker Rights Bill

The PRO Act will be one of the most important pieces of legislation for working people in a generation.

04, Feb, 2021

Statewide Coalition Urges Lamont to Craft Budget that Creates a Recovery for All

HARTFORD – On Thursday, the Recovery for All coalition, which is comprised of community, faith and labor organizations, sent a letter to Gov. Lamont urging him to craft a budget that reduces income inequality and ensures that Connecticut’s economic recovery is shared by all.

28, Jan, 2021

AFL-CIO Calls on Donald Trump to Resign or Be Removed from Office

Hate and insurrection have no place in America.

08, Jan, 2021

Attempted Coup an Unconscionable Assault on Democracy

This is an effort to violate the constitutional rights of every law-abiding American and the labor movement will not stand for it. Not today. Not ever.

06, Jan, 2021

Dr. Miguel Cardona a Champion for Public Education

President-elect Joe Biden’s selection of Dr. Miguel Cardona to lead the Department of Education is a sorely needed transition away from the backward values and atrocious record of Secretary Betsy DeVos.

22, Dec, 2020