Connecticut AFL-CIO

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.

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.

Inés Orjuela, housekeeper at Stamford Hilton

Workers Shouldn’t Be Cornered and Threatened at Work.

Imagine working as a housekeeper for a national hotel chain. You and your colleagues, anxious for better wages and a more reasonable workload, have begun the process of forming a union.

How to Help Working People on Workers Memorial Day

Every year on April 28, the labor movement observes Workers Memorial Day to remember workers killed or injured on the job and to renew the fight for strong safety and health protections.

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Tell us why the PRO Act is important to you and how it will help all working people.

AM I SAFE AT WORK?

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Union Plus Mortgage Company is owned by the AFL-CIO Union Privilege and a group of unions.

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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. Lamont signing Senate Bill 163: An Act Protecting Employee Freedom of Speech and Conscience into law yesterday:

Nurse Was Forced Into Supply Closet for Captive Audience Meeting

John Brady is a Registered Nurse and worked at Backus Hospital (Hartford HealthCare) in Norwich when he and his co-workers decided they needed to form a union.

No One Should Be Intimidated or Afraid at Work. SB 163 Will Help Restore Respect.

When Kirt and his co-workers tried to form a union, his employer hired a union-busting firm to "educate" employees with mandatory captive audience meetings.

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.
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