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Cannabis Workers at Still River Wellness in Torrington Ratify First Union Contract

24 Sep, 2024 Read More >

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CT AFL-CIO Condemns Anti-Semitic Remarks by Rep. Figueroa

13 Aug, 2024

The Connecticut AFL-CIO strongly condemns the anti-Semitic remarks made by Rep. Figueroa.

New AFL-CIO Report: S&P 500 Company CEOs Made 268x Worker Pay in 2023

08 Aug, 2024 Read More >

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Labor Urges Passage of Pandemic Pay Proposal

Shellye Davis, Executive Vice President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO and a longtime paraeducator in Hartford Public Schools, made the following statement in response to Labor Committee’s

08, Mar, 2022

Workers Urge Legislature to Protect Workers Organizing into Unions From Captive Audience Meetings

Workers seeking to form a union at McDonald’s, Glanbia Nutritionals, and other employers across Connecticut urged legislators to pass a bill that would protect them from anti-union captive audience meetings held by their employers.

04, Mar, 2022

Labor Applauds Senate Democrats for Legislation to Protect CT Workers

From providing pandemic pay to essential workers to protecting workers seeking to join together in union, this legislation is a game changer.

17, Feb, 2022

Labor Disappointed by Lamont’s Weak Pandemic Hazard Pay Proposal for Essential Workers

Gov. Lamont’s proposed budget adjustments badly missed the mark when it comes to supporting frontline essential workers.

09, Feb, 2022

Union Membership Numbers Reflect Broken Labor Laws

(Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2022)—Today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual report on union membership makes it clear that American labor laws are unquestionably broken.

20, Jan, 2022

CT AFL-CIO Statement on Comptroller Lembo’s Resignation

Kevin Lembo is exactly the kind of elected official our state and our nation needs – someone who is smart, hard-working, kind, and always working with the utmost integrity. His resignation is a major loss for Connecticut.

03, Dec, 2021