Tom Connolly

LATEST ARTICLES BY Tom Connolly

• Labor

  

  Healthcare, wages at stake in Machinists strike at UTC Cheshire Aerospace

  September 26, 2018 By Joelle Fishman And Tom Connolly

  "We are going to stay out here and keep fighting until they give us something reasonable."

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• Labor

  

  Severance Food workers in Connecticut win union representation with UFCW

  February 5, 2018 By Tom Connolly

  Workers at Severance Foods voted yes to join a union so they could earn a better wage and a better life.

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• U.S.

  

  Corporations are not people

  January 23, 2012 By Tom Connolly

  "Corporations are not people and money is not speech!" and "Get corporate money out of our democracy" was the theme of two demonstrations in Hartford. Conn.

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• U.S.

  

  Connecticut Working Families Party sets agenda for 2012

  September 8, 2011 By Tom Connolly

  This state's Working Families Party convened their annual meeting last week with a dispaly of strength.

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• Labor

  

  Spectrum nursing home workers mark year on strike

  April 20, 2011 By Tom Connolly

  Hundreds of representatives from labor and community organizations poured out last Saturday in support of Spectrum Health nursing home workers.

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• Labor

  

  Nursing home workers mark sixth month of strike

  October 19, 2010 By Tom Connolly

  HARTFORD, Conn. - Hundreds of workers and their supporters rallied at Park Place Health Care Center in Hartford last week marking the 400 workers' sixth month on strike against Spectrum Healthcare. The members of SEIU 1199...

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• Labor

  

  At “Spectrum of Shame,” families back striking health care workers

  June 22, 2010 By Tom Connolly

  HARTFORD, Conn. - A speakout by family members and friends of residents at Park Place nursing home marked the 65th day of a strike by nearly 400 District 1199 health care workers.

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• Labor

  

  Strikers at Spectrum Nursing Homes gain support

  June 4, 2010 By Tom Connolly

  Twenty-one labor, community, elected officials and clergy members were arrested by Hartford police Tuesday for blocking the entrance of Park Place Health Center in support of District 1199 Spectrum strikers.

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