Hat tip to our incredible team advocating for guardrails around the use of AI!
We're grateful to the students in Yale Law School's Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic who are conducting research, writing amendments, and advocating for workers' rights at the State Capitol!
Blocking concessions & making gains; yesterday our #EastCONNTeachers' negotiating cmte gathered for official signing of their 3-yr successor #union contract to #RaiseTheWage, boost stipends & reward #EduPD certifications. #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
Happening now: #union leaders join #CTGeneralAssembly leadership in urging labor cmte adopt proposal to expand #UIForStrikingWorkers, #LevelThePlayingField for #RNs & #HospitalStaff provoked by employers to #strike. @aft.org @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
Happening now: #union members join their students, admin & muni electeds in urging lawmakers & the governor #ProtectOurKids by taking action to #FixTheFormula, resist harmful #privatization. #StandUpCT @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @ctforall.bsky.social
It's 2026, and bus drivers in CT still don't have reliable access to a restroom.
Some drivers are forced to wear DIAPERS just to get through their shift. This is not just inconvenient — it's inhumane.
Enough is enough. The Transportation Committee must pass House Bill 5236! @atucomms.bsky.social
Proud to recognize and honor Colleen Carter for #BlackHistoryMonth!
She's a longtime member and leader in AFSCME Council 4 and serves on our executive board. Congratulations, Colleen!
HUGE THANKS to Attorney General William Tong for standing up to the business lobby and defending working people from being forced into captive audience meetings.
Protecting working people and their rights is what leadership looks like. 💪
This Valentine's Day, show your love with thoughtful #UnionMade gifts! 💖
And double the love by getting your flowers and candy from a union grocery store – supporting union workers every step of the way!
Shop union. Shop local. #solidarity
Congratulations to our newly sworn in executive board members!
Rob Baril, SEIU District 1199 New England
Greg Schultz, Ironworkers Local 424
"It's the first time that fast food workers in our state have been unionized, something we'd only seen in states like California or New York. So, this is a huge moment for us. This has been a half-decade-long fight for our members" @32bjseiu.bsky.social www.wshu.org/connecticut-...
Rallies are planned for Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport and Willimantic at 4 p.m. on Friday Jan 23. #IceOutSchools @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @ctaflcio.bsky.social @ctforall.bsky.social
AI should deliver progress for workers, not just profits for big tech CEOs.
America’s unions are fighting for AI guardrails to protect our rights, jobs and freedoms so working people can actually benefit from emerging AI tech.
Recharging our resolve for “some difficult days ahead.” As @aflcio.org's #MLK2026 civil & human rights conference wraps, #union leaders reflect on how #LaborHistory lessons can inform the current moment we were in. #UnionYES @aft.org @psrp-aft.bsky.social @ctaflcio.bsky.social
Remembering our #LaborHistory lessons & leading by taking action; #union leaders at the @aflcio.org #MLK2026 civil & human rights conference are sharing the big takeways from the event’s inspiring speeches, informative workshops & compelling plenaries. #UnionYES @aft.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
Making the connection between workers’ rights & civil rights; so much actionable wisdom at @aflcio.org's #MLK2026 conference for #union leaders to bring to our affiliate members back home in CT. #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @hft1018.bsky.social @ctaflcio.bsky.social
#Union leaders have gathered in #Baltimore for the @aflcio.org #MLK2026 civil & human rights conference; impt opp’y to honor our #LaborHistory & fight for a better #LaborFuture. #UnionYES @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @ctaflcio.bsky.social
Improving learning conditions by stabilizing the workforce; last night our #NewHavenTeachers’ recently ratified 3-yr agreement to #RaiseTheWage, protect schedules, amplify #PublicEd voice was approved by district’s BOE. #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
Our New Year's Resolution is to establish guardrails around the harmful uses of AI.
What's your New Year's Resolution for working people?
#newyear #newyearresolutions
Workers at service plazas on Connecticut highways have voted to unionize with @32bjseiu.bsky.social!
Hundreds of workers at 23 service plazas on I-95, I-395 and Route 15, voted to join the union, and will begin negotiations as soon as next month. #UnionYES
With only a week until Christmas, don't forget to pick up some union made stocking stuffers!
You can find most of them at Stop & Shop where the workers are represented by UFCW Local 371 and UFCW Local 919!
#unionmade #BuyUnion
Securing an agreement to #RaiseTheWage & expand #PaidLeave benefits for another 3 yrs; last night our #MeridenTeachers’ recently ratified #union contract was approved by #MeridenK12’s BOE. #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
Provoked to declare impasse in contract talks! Leaders of our New Haven Federation of Teachers were joined by their @council4.bsky.social siblings & #union members to demand #RealSolutions for their students & themselves. #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
Congratulations to our newly sworn in board members!
Daniel McInerney, @ibewinternational.bsky.social
Vail Kohnert-Yount, @uaw.org
Bill Garrity, @aftct.bsky.social
Carmen Reyes, @opeiu.org
Bette Marafino, ARA
Our message to allies and customers alike is clear: Don't buy Starbucks.
STRIKE LOCATIONS
DANBURY: Berkshire Center, 67 Newtown Road
WEST HARTFORD: Corbin's Corner, 1449b New Britain Ave
Show your support anytime Mondays to Saturdays between 7 AM and 12 PM.
Union baristas at Starbucks in West Hartford and Danbury are on STRIKE to win a fair contract!
Join the picket line and let management know that we have the backs of the workers! @sbworkersunited.org
#NoContractNoCoffee
Holiday shopping? Find that perfect gift that carries a union label and is made in America!
And if you're shipping any gifts this year, make sure to ship using a union carrier like the U.S. Postal Service or UPS.
go.aflcio.org/gifts
#unionmade #MadeInUSA #solidarity
Empowering the staff who keep their students safe with a voice on the job; our #NorwalkEdPersonnel were recently recognized by the @ctaflcio.bsky.social for growing their membership by organizing the district’s cafeteria and recess monitors. #UnionYES @aft.org @psrp-aft.bsky.social @aflcio.org
Tapping their superpower to secure #RealSolutions; the accrued gains & benefits of 2 successive #union contract victories are featured in our latest collective bargaining wins report: aftct.org/2025/10/31/l... #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
RELEASE: NewsGuild journalists are sounding the alarm – media companies are undermining public trust with unethical AI in the newsroom.
Today, we launch #NewsNotSlop, a national campaign kicking off a Week of Action on AI, December 1–5.
newsguild.org/release-stan...
