East Haven, CT –Dozens of building cleaners and security officers today joined elected officials on the steps of Connecticut’s Capitol to demand that local and state governments require contractors that receive public money to pay their workers family-supporting wages. “Connecticut should never be in the business of creating poverty-wage jobs,” said Kurt Westby, Connecticut Director of

East Haven, CT – Dozens of members of an influential union that represents thousands of immigrant and Latino workers in Connecticut today joined a march in support of East Haven’s Latino community following federal allegations of racial profiling by the town’s police and subsequent insensitive remarks by its mayor. “We are here to show our outrage

Hartford, CT – Hartford City Council members and state lawmakers joined dozens of workers and community allies today at a rally outside the Hartford Courant’s offices to protest Pressroom Cleaners Inc, the newspaper’s new Omaha-based cleaning contractor, for its refusal to hire the newspapers’ long-time cleaners due to their union affiliation. It is a violation of

The following statement can be attributed to Kurt Westby, Director of 32BJ in Connecticut: “Speaker Donovan should be praised for his proposal to raise the minimum wage. A higher minimum wage will help thousands of working men and women across Connecticut climb out of poverty, boosting their buying power and putting more dollars into local

New Haven, CT – New Haven area office cleaners have ratified a new contract that averted a strike which potentially could have affected about two dozen corporate and government buildings in the city in addition to 125 buildings in the Hartford area. Members voted unanimously over the weekend to approve an agreement that preserves healthcare coverage