The national Republican party has selected Indiana Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels to respond to President Obama’s State of the Union address next week–sending a clear signal the party is making attacks on working people a top priority in the 2012 elections. Daniels is a key backer of right to work for less (RTW) legislation which state Republican lawmakers, in a stunning display of arrogance, have repeatedly tried to ram through, while thumbing their noses at working Hoosiers–not to mention democracy. Read more >>>

First, multimillionaire Mitt Romney told a group of jobless workers he’s also “unemployed.” Next, Romney thought there was no problem in stating publicly that he likes to “fire people.” Now, the Republican presidential wannabee proved yet again how out of touch he is with mainstream Americans by showing the extent to which he’s a member of the elite 1 percent. In South Carolina yesterday, Romney admitted he pays “around” a 15 percent tax rate, while earning $374,000 a year in speaker’s fees alone—an income he described as “not very much.” Read more >>>

Viewers in Austin, Texas, and Pittsburgh are getting the first public look at a new AFL-CIO television spot, “Work Connects Us All: America’s Unions.” The evocative ad features members of many unions, from virtually every industry, and is part of a broad campaign that aims to “fly above the tactics and controversies of the day” and connects with people around the values associated with work, according to AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler. Read more >>>

The Ninth Biennial Convention of the Connecticut AFL-CIO was held September 14 - 16th at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort.  The following is a summary of the proceedings of the convention and the full text of the resolutions is attached.  Click on the resources line and scroll through the resolutions.  Read more >>>

 “Behind the unemployment statistics are people like me who are trying to provide for their families - pay the mortgage, keep food on the table and send their kids to college, said unemployed construction worker Mark Bourgeois at a recent round table on creating jobs and fixing the economy.  "Construction workers like me are hungry for work. Congress needs to invest in building and repairing our crumbling infrastructure and put us back to work.”

The Connecticut AFL-CIO was part of the "We are One" coalition that spearheaded around table discussion with Congressman Murphy who met with 25 people from community and labor organizations on Thursday, August 11th at Right Now Ministries in New Britain. Read more>>>

New Haven, CT -- Fixing the economy and creating new jobs was the topic of an August 8th roundtable discussion with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and community and labor organizations. The roundtable, held at Second Star of Jacob in New Haven, included a student, teacher, manufacturing worker, construction worker and unemployed worker who told personal stories about how the economic crisis has affected their lives. Read more >>>

Workers Memorial Day in Connecticut was commemorated on Thursday, April 28th.  The Connecticut AFL-CIO held a ceremony at 12 noon at the Capitol and the Southeast Labor Council and the United Way of the Southeastern region held its sunrise ceremony at 6:00 AM in Washington Park in Groton.  See our pictures in our photo album by clicking here:  http://ct.aflcio.org/statefed?action=album&albumid=fcb4efce-6c0a-4edd-b24e-0776782796f9 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>>>