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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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CT AFL-CIO Thanks Judiciary Committee for Bipartisan Approval of Legislation Protecting Employees’ Free Speech

Ed Hawthorne, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, made the following statement in response to the Judiciary Committee passing Senate Bill 163, An Act Prote

29, Mar, 2022

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Hartford Paraeducator Urges Improving Working Conditions in Testimony to Education Committee

Well trained, well equipped and fairly paid paraeducators can be a stable force for students, providing additional support and reinforced instruction to curb and reclaim COVID learning losses.

21, Mar, 2022

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