Connecticut
In tough situation, Conn. state workers to vote on contract
June 2, 2011Thousands of state workers are expected for a question and answer session about the tentative agreement hammered out by their unions.
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“We did it!” Nursing home workers win 13-month strike
May 13, 2011The new three-year contracts, including raises and benefit improvements and a return to work with former positions and hours, were approved by an overwhelming vote of 189 to 6.
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Machinists confront corporate greed at Hamilton Sundstrand
May 13, 2011Workers at Hamilton Sundstrand are fighting company plans to eliminate 214 Connecticut jobs this year, shrinking the unionized workforce by more than 20 percent.
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“Force of unity” defends working people’s rights
May 6, 2011With everything on the line, from Social Security and Medicare to the right to organize, working class families came out, many for the first time, to make their voices heard.
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Capitol rally says: Get on board for health care
April 28, 2011Connecticut residents jammed into the Hartford train station to demand that the governor and state legislature "get on board" for the state health care program with a public option.
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