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

Hartford– The new Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance (CIRA), comprised of immigrant families, community leaders and elected officials, announced the launch of a new statewide coalition calling for a path to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants, an end to family separations, and a moratorium on deportations. “Fifteen organizations from across the state of Connecticut have come

Hartford — The office cleaners displaced after the Hartford Courant hired non-union contractor Pressroom Cleaners went back to work on Saturday under a court order issued on December 12, 2012. “Our members have gone through an incredible ordeal, having had their lives disrupted by unexpected and unmerited layoffs,” 32BJ Connecticut Area Leader Kurt Westby said.

Hartford, CT—Dozens of security officers employed by SOS Security and their supporters marched through the streets of downtown Hartford this afternoon to protect their right to organize free of coercion. 32BJ filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against SOS Security for illegal surveillance of their employees after one of

Hartford– Alarmed by the recent wrongful arrest of a New Haven immigrant, state officials today joined leaders of Connecticut’s immigrant community and labor movement at a courthouse rally to celebrate his release demand a more just and humane immigration policy in the state. The advocates specifically called on state agencies to follow Governor Dannel Malloy’s

Hartford, CT— 32BJ SEIU formally announced today its endorsements for the Connecticut State Legislature candidates: The following statement can be attributed to Kurt Westby, Connecticut Director of 32BJ SEIU: “We will encourage our members to vote for these candidates because they have committed to help create good jobs and get our state’s economy working for

Hartford, CT – The Nebraska-based cleaning company brought in by The Hartford Courant to clean the newspaper’s offices has been hit with a formal complaint from the federal labor board for its treatment both of the longtime cleaning workers kicked out of their jobs at its Capitol City headquarters, and the workers hired to replace them. The