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
The day after Lamont vetoed #UIforStrikingWorkers in CT, the Governor of Oregon signed a similar bill into law! And the Governor of Washington State signed their version into law last month.
Protecting working people has only become more urgent since the Trump Administration has gutted the NLRB.
“We are disheartened that Governor Lamont has vetoed Senate Bill 8, which would have extended unemployment insurance protections to striking workers,”; www.courant.com/2025/06/23/l... #UIforStrikingWorkers
Gov. Lamont has vetoed #UIforStrikingWorkers and once again sided with corporate CEOs over the hardworking people of Connecticut.
Joining the labor movement to #LevelThePlayingField; last night members picketed outside #GovNedLamont's mansion to encourage him to do the right thing for #WorkingFamilies, not side with the special interests. #UIForStrikingWorkers @aft.org @aaup.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
“Whether this bill is signed or vetoed, they can’t veto our movement nor can they veto our voice or our power,”; www.ctinsider.com/business/art... #UIforStrikingWorkers
All out to #LevelThePlayingField! Tonight #union members & justice advocates took to the streets outside Gov. Lamont’s mansion in Hartford to ask him a simple question; “Whose side are you on - working people or corporate CEOs?” #UIforStrikingWorkers @aflcio.org
Graphic with text: PICKET - Gov. Lamont’s Mansion - Monday, June 16th @ 6PM, 990 Prospect Ave, Hartford CT, Demand that Gov. Lamont side with workers, not CEOs by signing SB 8 into law! RSVP at bit.ly/picketlamont (plus a QR code to same web address); features Connecticut AFL-CIO logo.
Taking action to #LevelThePlayingField; join our allies in the @ctaflcio.bsky.social for this important demonstration outside #GovNedLamont's mansion: aftct.org/event/june_2... #UIforStrikingWorkers @aft.org @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aflcio.org
Gov. Lamont just threatened to veto our #UIforStrikingWorkers legislation.
This veto threat sends a clear message: Gov. Lamont is more concerned with protecting corporate profits than supporting the working people who make our economy run.
Kirby Boyce, member of IAM Local 1746, joined State Senate leaders this morning to urge passage of #UIforStrikingWorkers: "We just ended a 23-day strike at Pratt and I’m sure that if SB 8 was in place, the strike would not have happened in the first place."
graphic image with references to “Senate Bill 8,” hashtag #LevelThePlayingField and photo of AFT Connecticut Vice President John Brady testifying at state legislature with quote: “The decision to go on strike is never an easy one for workers. For doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers, it is increasingly the only way they can advocate for both staff and patients.”
Standing w/#WorkingFamilies provoked to #strike; urge #GovNedLamont embrace a proposal to #LevelThePlayingField & reject keeping scales tipped in favor of billionaires: act.aflcio.org/letters/tell... #UIforStrikingWorkers @aft.org @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
Rank-and-file union members came to the State Capitol yesterday to urge lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow #UIforStrikingWorkers and help level the playing field!
Photo showing two nurses speaking with a legislator about extending unemployment insurance for striking workers.
This is what #UnionActivism looks like! #BackusNurses leaders took to the capitol today to urge lawmakers to pass legislation that would extend #UIforStrikingWorkers. #LevelThePlayingField @aft.org @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aflcio.org (Photo Credit: @ctaflcio.bsky.social)
Labor law favors employers and corporate CEOs over workers when it comes to bargaining a contract. But a proposal to allow #UIforStrikingWorkers will help restore balance to collective bargaining.
Email Gov. Lamont now and urge him to stand with working people: act.aflcio.org/letters/tell...
The Labor Committee just passed #UIforStrikingWorkers! This brings us one step closer to helping restore balance to collective bargaining.
Economic Policy Institute analysis of #UIforStrikingWorkers legislation found:
✓ Strikes rarely last more than 2 weeks
✓ Minimal impact on UI trust fund
✓ Economic impact extends beyond striking workers
"We can feel how much workers are under attack from corporations right now. And even the very few rights we have are under threat. So I'm here to ask for public officials to stand up for working people" -UNITE-HERE President Gwen Mills on #UIforStrikingWorkers
Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff testifying in support of #UIforStrikingWorkers: "Passing this bill is literally standing up for our neighbors, literally the people who work in our neighborhoods... All it does is put everyone on a level playing field"
State Senate President Martin Looney makes the case for #UIforStrikingWorkers: “Striking is the only option when an employer will not negotiate in good faith & the workers have put in many weeks of negotiations... these workers face losing their wages, their jobs or retaliation"
