Press Room

Pro-Worker Candidates Win Across Connecticut

From the State House to the U.S. House of Representatives, pro-worker candidates won up and down the ballot throughout Connecticut.

AFL-CIO Releases Its Annual Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect Report

Each day in this country, an average of 275 workers die because of occupational illness and injuries. In Connecticut, there were 48 workplace deaths in 2018 alone.

Trumka Calls for New Supreme Court Direction at Yale Law School

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka delivered the following remarks at Yale Law School on the future of the Supreme Court: 

Good afternoon. It’s great to be back here at Yale. I want to thank the American Constitution Society for your hospitality. I look forward to taking your questions.

Endorsements from the Final Day of Connecticut AFL-CIO’s Political Convention

Delegates to the Connecticut AFL-CIO’s Twelfth Biennial Political Convention today endorsed the following candidates.

NAFTA Negotiations on Track but Not Done

Any new deal must raise wages, ensure workers’ rights and freedoms, reduce outsourcing and put the interests of working families first in all three countries.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh Puts Rights of Working People at Serious Risk

Judge Kavanaugh has a dangerous track record of protecting the privileges of the wealthy and powerful at the expense of working people.

Working People Across CT Respond to Supreme Court Decision on Janus v. AFSCME Council 31

A teacher, firefighter, paraeducator, janitor, administrative assistant, and other workers stood on the steps of the Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday to denounce a judicial attack on their freedom to negotiate a fair return on their work.

LORI PELLETIER: President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO

Supreme Court Does Bidding of Corporate Elites as Working People Fight On

We have never depended on any politician or judge to decide our fate and we aren’t about to start now.

Workers, Labor Leaders to Hold Press Conference to Respond to Supreme Court Decision on Janus v. AFSCME Council 31

HARTFORD – Workers, labor leaders, and community supporters will hold a press conference on Wednesday, June 27, at 4:00 p.m. to respond to the Supreme Court decision released this morning on the Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 case.

Endorsements from Second Day of Connecticut AFL-CIO Political Convention

HARTFORD – Delegates to the Connecticut AFL-CIO’s Twelfth Biennial Political Convention today endorsed the following candidates.