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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.

Labor Leaders, Workers Rally to Launch AFL-CIO’s 'It's Better in a Union' Nationwide Bus Tour

09 Jul, 2025

(Washington, D.C.)—Labor leaders and workers rallied today at the AFL-CIO headquarters to launch the nationwide “It’s Better in a Union: Fighting for Freedom, Fairness and Security” bus tour.

Labor Leaders Respond to Lamont’s Veto of Critical Pro-Worker Legislation

23 Jun, 2025

"Gov. Lamont has once again sided with corporate CEOs over the hardworking people of Connecticut." –Ed Hawthorne, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO

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UFCW Supports Workforce Development for Good-Paying Jobs in CT's New Adult-Use Cannabis Industry

Today, UFCW announced the launch of their workforce development programs in Connecticut for the state’s newly emerging cannabis market.

16, Mar, 2022

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