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Despite Relentless Attacks, Nearly Half a Million Workers Unionized in 2025

18 Feb, 2026

New data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows union representation grew by 463,000 in 2025, bringing the total number of workers represented by union contracts to 16.5 million.

Major Court Victory Protects Captive Audience Law

14 Feb, 2026

Ed Hawthorne, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, made the following statement in response to U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley granting Connecticut's motion for summary judgment and dismissing CBIA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s challenge to the state's captive audience law: This federal

AFL-CIO: ICE Actions Are Putting Working People in Danger

09 Jan, 2026

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement: The Trump administration's reckless Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations are trampling on working people's fundamental rights and freedoms: to work with dignity and raise our families without the threat of violence from our

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AFL-CIO Condemns Job-Threatening Order to Stop Offshore Wind Projects

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration ordering work to stop on offshore wind projects along the East Coast:

23, Dec, 2025

No Contract No Coffee - Baristas on ULP Strike

AFL-CIO Stands in Solidarity with Striking Starbucks Workers

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement today in support of Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) as it launched nationwide strikes on Red Cup Day:

13, Nov, 2025

Ed Hawthorne & Shellye Davis at 2025 Convention

CT AFL-CIO Convention Unanimously Re-Elects President Ed Hawthorne & Secretary-Treasurer Shellye Davis

MASHANTUCKET – Nearly 300 delegates from 98 local affiliate unions unanimously elected President Ed Hawthorne (AFSCME) and Secretary-Treasurer Shellye Davis (AFT) to their second terms in office at the Connecticut AFL-CIO's Sixteenth Biennial Constitutional Convention.

07, Nov, 2025