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Rep. Larson Joins Colleagues to Protect and Uplift Workers

01 Mar, 2023

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined his colleagues to reintroduce the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R.

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CT AFL-CIO Statement on Tragic Death of Rep. Quentin Williams

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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.

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Endorsements from the Connecticut AFL-CIO Political Convention

At the Connecticut AFL-CIO's Thirteenth Biennial Political Convention today, delegates endorsed pro-worker candidates from the U.S. House to the State House.

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Connecticut AFL-CIO Statement on Gov. Lamont’s Workers’ Compensation Executive Order

We are grateful to Gov. Lamont for signing an executive order today that will help hundreds, and possibly thousands, of essential workers who were stricken with COVID-19.

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CT AFL-CIO Statement on Protests Against Systemic Racism

Sal Luciano, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, made the following statement about the protests against systemic racism that happened across Connecticut that were in response to the murder of George Floyd:

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