Press Room

AFL-CIO Applauds NLRB Decision to Ban Captive Audience Meetings

14 Nov, 2024

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement in response to the decision from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to ban coercive “captive audience” meetings:

Connecticut AFL-CIO Reacts to 2024 Election Results

07 Nov, 2024

Ed Hawthorne, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, made the following statement in response to the 2024 election results:

AFL-CIO Reaffirms Commitment to Count Every Vote

30 Oct, 2024

(Washington, D.C.)—AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in advance of Election Day next week:

Recent

Labor Applauds Legislature for Including Funding for Essential Workers Sick with COVID-19

This fund will help potentially thousands of essential workers – healthcare workers, first responders, grocery store workers, bus drivers, corrections employees and many others – who contracted the novel coronavirus on the job through no fault of their own.

17, Jun, 2021

New Report Shows 26 Connecticut Workers Were Killed On The Job in 2019

View Report here: https://aflcio.org/reports/death-job-toll-neglect-2021

05, May, 2021

AFL-CIO, UFCW & Building Trades on Judiciary Committee Passing Cannabis Bill

We applaud the Judiciary Committee for recognizing that the best way to create good jobs in this new industry is to make labor peace agreements a condition of licensure.

06, Apr, 2021

NEW POLL: 77% of Americans Support Amazon Union Drive

More than three-quarters of Americans support workers' efforts to organize a union at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.

05, Apr, 2021

AFL-CIO Statement on Labor Committee Passing Workers' Compensation Presumption

Throughout the pandemic, the state has expected our essential workers to continue to show up to work every day and sometimes without adequate personal protective equipment. And they have. The least we can do is take care of them when they get sick.

25, Mar, 2021

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