Connecticut
Unemployed protest wins changes in system
January 13, 2010Unemployed workers in Connecticut are having a little bit easier time filing their claims this week due to a mass phone call protest.
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Three union leaders to be honored at ‘Keep the Ball Rolling’ event
November 28, 2009NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Three Connecticut labor leaders, Art Perry, Anna Montalvo and Gwen Mills, will be honored on Sunday, Dec. 6, with the annual Amistad Award presented by the People's World, on the occasion of...
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Health care vigil calls on Lieberman’s conscience
November 16, 2009Over 500 Connecticut supporters of health care with a strong public option gathered in front of Sen. Joseph Lieberman's home for an interfaith prayer vigil Sunday.
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Supreme Court upholds striking workers’ rights in 10-year battle
October 30, 2009HARTFORD, Conn. — After a 10-year battle, nursing home workers won a precedent-setting Supreme Court ruling this week.
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Union contract at Yale based on history of struggle
May 22, 2009NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Four thousand six hundred union workers at Yale University here won a major victory last month. At a joint press conference with Local 35 service and maintenance workers and Local 34 clerical...
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