Hartford – The Hartford City Council unanimously approved a resolution last night calling for the creation of a task force to establish a Commission on Immigrant Affairs. The task force is the result of months of advocacy by the Hartford Public Library’s Immigrant Advisory Group and local groups in the Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance. Ana María Rivera Forastieri, legal and policy analyst of Junta for […]

Hartford— The state legislature’s Joint Committee on Judiciary today took a step toward greater trust between Connecticut’s immigrant communities and local law enforcement, hearing testimony on the Transparency and Responsibility Using State Tools (TRUST) Act, a law that would set a standard implementation of the federal Secure Communities program by all state agencies. The Connecticut

Hartford – A new report released today by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, outlines state policies necessary to help state elected officials bypass federal gridlock and strengthen the middle class. “Legislative leaders must make rebuilding our middle class and creating an economy that works for everyone our top priorities,” said Connecticut House of Representatives

Hartford— 32BJ SEIU has filed a second unfair labor practice charge against SOS Security. Just days after reaching a settlement with the National Labor Review Board, where the security company agreed that it would not engage in illegal surveillance of its employees’ union organizing activities, a company supervisor prohibited a security officer from wearing a