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AFL-CIO State of the Unions Address 2025

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AFL-CIO President: ‘The State of Our Unions Is Under Attack and Fighting Back’

27 Aug, 2025 Read More >

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Statement on Trump Administration's Stop Work Order of Revolution Wind

25 Aug, 2025

Joint Statement of Rhode Island AFL-CIO President Patrick Crowley and Connecticut AFL-CIO President Ed Hawthorne on the Trump Administration’s Stop Work Order of Revolution Wind "If it stands, the administration’s stop work order on the Revolution Wind project will eliminate local jobs and threaten

New AFL-CIO Report: Nation's Top CEOs Made 285 Times Workers' Pay in 2024

23 Jul, 2025

New research shows that S&P 500 CEOs got an average $1.24 million raise last year and made an average of $18.9 million in total compensation. (Washington, D.C.)—S&P 500 CEOs took home an average of $18.9 million in total compensation in 2024—a 7% pay raise from the previous year—according to a new

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Labor Endorses Slate of Pro-Worker Candidates

LEDYARD – Delegates to the Connecticut AFL-CIO’s Fourteenth Biennial Political Convention today endorsed the following candidates. An asterisk signifies that a candidate is an active or retired union member.

24, Jun, 2022

Labor Thanks Gov. Lamont for Signing Captive Audience Bill Into Law

Ed Hawthorne, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, made the following statement in response to Gov.

18, May, 2022

House Gives Bipartisan Approval to Legislation that Protects Workers from Captive Audience Meetings

"The labor movement is incredibly grateful to the Representatives that voted to protect workers from employer intimidation and harassment during union organizing campaigns,” said Ed Hawthorne, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO.

29, Apr, 2022

Workers Vote to Form a Union at FuelCell Energy in Danbury

Twelve workers at FuelCell Energy in Danbury voted this morning to join Operating Engineers Local 478, the first successful union organizing drive at this company in the country.

29, Apr, 2022

Senate Gives Bipartisan Support to Legislation that Protects Workers from Captive Audience Meetings

Today, the Connecticut State Senate took an important bipartisan step forward to protect workers from employer intimidation and harassment during union organizing campaigns.

21, Apr, 2022

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Is a Victory for Working People⁠—and Democracy

Today’s historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court ushers in a new era for our country, and we congratulate her on this extraordinary achievement.

07, Apr, 2022