A large and sweeping labor bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro would change how workers are classified as independent contractors, make shareholders liable for labor violations and requires employers be responsible for workers’ rights
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The Labor and Public Employees Committee approved a bill that would give public employee unions unfettered access to employees’ personal information and work orientations and would codify union membership cards into state law. The legislation
The Hartford Federation of Teachers, AFT, is fighting a multi-year court battle with its own unionized office employees over wage and retirement benefits, pitting the teachers’ union against its own affiliate organization, the AFL-CIO. At
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjzDga3O8gc Video of 67 North Street, Easton, CT Rep. Anne Hughes, D-Easton, hosted a pool party for the Connecticut Working Families Party at her home in Easton – listed as a 4,900 square foot, 12-acre
The Administrative & Residual Employees Union has reached an interim deal with the state of Connecticut to allow many of its members the ability to work from home part of the week, according to an
The Connecticut Board of Labor Relations approved full day union business leave and pay for union officials to attend an August 31 Connecticut AFL-CIO convention in Hartford that was scheduled to last only three hours,
The Connecticut AFL-CIO held their last political convention on August 31 at the Hartford Hilton to finalize their political endorsements for the year. The convention began with breakfast at 8 a.m. and concluded at 11
The national AFL-CIO has tapped Working America, its political affiliate based in Washington D.C., to send canvassers to Connecticut for a “union member mobilization effort” and to talk with members about “the importance of the
Union organizers love wearing t-shirts, it’s their thing. When there is a bill up for debate in Connecticut which dares to address the massive cost of pensions, the T-shirt brigade will show up at the
Connecticut's top union official wrote a letter to state employees asking them to approve a concessions deal negotiated with Gov. Dannel Malloy and warned of "projected budget deficits in the billions." In a letter to
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