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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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CT AFL-CIO Statement on Tragic Passing of Ed Gomes

Today, the labor movement lost a true hero for working people. As a retired steelworker and member of USW, Ed Gomes knew what it was like to work for a living and brought that experience to the state legislature every day.

22, Dec, 2020

Increase in Job Fatalities Highlights Need for Worker Protections

Too many of America’s workers are being killed on the job and face dangerous working conditions.

16, Dec, 2020

Pro-Worker Candidates Win Across Connecticut

From the State House to the U.S. House of Representatives, pro-worker candidates won up and down the ballot throughout Connecticut.

05, Nov, 2020

AFL-CIO, Chamber of Commerce, National Faith Leaders Call for Votes to Be Counted

Labor, business & faith leaders agree: All votes must be counted!

03, Nov, 2020

AFL-CIO Releases Its Annual Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect Report

Each day in this country, an average of 275 workers die because of occupational illness and injuries. In Connecticut, there were 48 workplace deaths in 2018 alone.

09, Oct, 2020

Ginsburg One of America’s Greatest Jurists

America has lost one of the greatest jurists in our nation’s history. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent her career defending the Constitution and the everyday working people who bring that document to life.

18, Sep, 2020