Labor 2010 Political Program has begun!  With a leadership meeting and the first coordinators meeting already underway, the Connecticut AFL-CIO political program has begun.  Read more>>>

Just hours before Arizona’s controversial anti-immigrant law was to go into effect, a federal judge today blocked one of its most contentious provisions—the requirement that police stop and question anyone they have “reasonable suspicion” is undocumented. The law does not define “reasonable suspicion,” a fact that many opponents say is a carte blanche for racial profiling. Earlier this month, the federal government filed suit to bock Arizona from implementing the new law, which has drawn heavy criticism from civil rights organizations, immigrant groups, unions and the religious community. Read More>>

The Connecticut AFL-CIO urges its members to join the Greater New Haven Labor History Association.  Its mission is to collect, preserve and share the history of working people in the greater New Haven area and throughout the state of Connecticut. Its goal is to work with you to document your history and make it known. Read more>>>

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka laid out a 21st century U.S. economic policy at today’s lunchtime keynote session at Netroots Nation before a diverse crowd of more than 1,000 progressive political activists. Restoring the nation’s middle class in part means returning to a “real economy”—one in which we make things, rather than move around complex financial products, Trumka said. Strengthening U.S. manufacturing must be part of the process to reverse five decades of stagnating wages. Read More>>

In Atlanta—one of the areas hardest hit by foreclosures—residents who are about to lose their homes today demanded that Big Banks like Wachovia/Wells Fargo reform their policies and protect homeowners on the brink of homelessness. Read More>>

Connecticut AFL-CIO's Health and Safety Committee dedicated a permanent Worker Memorial in a prominent location in Bushnell Park. FOR NEW PICTURES OF THE MEMORIAL GO TO PHOTO ALBUMS. 

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Senator Chris Dodd is a champion for working families in Connecticut and in the United States. Senator Dodd will retire from the Senate with a legacy of having been a tireless advocate for workers’ rights and a voice for the powerless. In his 30 years in the Senate and 6 years as U.S. Representative from the 2nd Congressional District, Senator Dodd has consistently voted in favor of issues helping working families.