Western CT Area Labor Federation

Chartered by the National AFL-CIO, we are a coalition of local unions in Western CT that works to stimulate & coordinate communications & mobilization locally.

[Western CT Area Labor Federation @westernctalf]

Chartered by the National AFL-CIO, we are a coalition of local unions from various public and private sectors across western Connecticut. Collaborating with our four Central Labor Chapters, our purpose is to build and support a more visible and bold labor movement.

[Western CT Area Labor Federation @westernctalf]

Wishing you all a happy and safe new year from the WCTALF!

[Western CT Area Labor Federation @westernctalf]

Shame on Starbucks! Support workers this holiday season and tell managers to stop understaffing their shops! https://t.co/dPkDM6CkXK

[Connecticut DSA 🌹🐳 @ConnecticutDSA]

BREAKING: Starbucks management called police on CT DSA members & Danbury Starbucks Workers United @SBWU47021 peacefully leafleting customers about Starbucks’ union busting for the nationwide #RedCupRebellion🥤☕️

See what Danbury SBWU leader & DSA member Theresa B had to say ✊🌹

[Western CT Area Labor Federation @westernctalf]

We are so proud of the Danbury Starbucks for winning their election!! Now the fight for a contract begins <3

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

ANOTHER union victory today?? It’s more likely than you think 😳

CONGRATULATIONS to the Starbucks at Berkshire Center in Danbury, CT on winning their union election!

[New Haven Federation of Teachers Local 933 @NHFT933]

When our Teamsters union siblings need support on the picket line, NHFT shows up! Especially when we're bringing the heat to Amazon.

#NoContractNoPeace #ShutItDown #Solidarity #UnionYes

[North Atlantic States Carpenters @NASRCC_UBC]

Members of @CT_Carpenters Local 326, joined supporters from varying organizations including @nvp_ct, @CenterWorker and @CSFNorwalk to launch a yearlong campaign against #WageTheft. @StopTaxFraud @CTMirror @westernctalf https://t.co/CFq0QKpuUx

[Corbin’s Corner Starbucks Workers United @CCSBWU]

Amazing turnout in support of Amazon Workers! @Teamsters
Hey Bezos pay your workers!!!

[Connecticut AFL-CIO @ConnAFLCIO]

On this day in 1865, enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free. 158 years later we celebrate #Juneteenth and reaffirm labor's fight to uproot systemic racism and white supremacy.

[Connecticut DSA 🌹🐳 @ConnecticutDSA]

SOLIDARITY to Starbucks workers at Danbury’s Berkshire Center!! We have your back. Hope to visit at a sip in soon ☕️🌹

[Wesleyan Dining Workers United @WesDWU]

(1/3) This morning, union workers at Bon Appetit released a letter to President Roth condemning recent union-busting at WesWings and Red and Black.

[Local 217 UNITE HERE! @217unitehere]

We are so excited to see @WesDWU student workers fighting for a better workplace. Go! Fight! Win!

[Connecticut Tenants Union @cttenantsunion]

As we approach midnight, the hearing for #CapTheRentCT continues — our social media team is taking the rest of the night off, but we will continue live tweeting tomorrow!

[EASTERN CT AREA LABOR FEDERATION @Easternctalf]

Paraeducators sit down and discuss what they experience daily, working in the Public Schools System with Senator John Fonfara representing District 1
@HFT1018 @AFTCT @ShellyeDavis @Davis1Shellye @ConnAFLCIO @Hartford_Public #PublicEd #RESPECTPARAS

[AFT Connecticut @AFTCT]

Yesterday #ManchesterTutors' bargaining team gathered to review recent agreement with @mpspride to #RaiseTheWage, provide add'l paid holidays, extend health insurance benefits; celebrating strong new #union contract! #UnionYES @AFTUnion @PSRP_AFT @AFLCIO @ConnAFLCIO

[jan hochadel @hochadel_jan]

Proud to stand w/@wes_USE members who deserve respect, dignity & fair #union contract; ResLife workers = vital to delivering #WhatStudentsNeed at @wesleyan_u! #UnionYES @AFTUnion @AFTHigherEd @AFTCT @AAUP @wesleyanAAUP @OPEIU @AFLCIO @ConnAFLCIO

[Local 33–UNITE HERE! @33unitehere]

“Given the importance of our work, are we really supposed to believe we don’t deserve adequate compensation and basic workplace protections?”

[LHA: Greater New Haven Labor History Association @CTLaborHistory]

Worker power 🤝 tenant power

labor history teaches us that the working class WINS when “worker-led unionism fights with and for the broader multiracial working class.” -@rsgexp

https://t.co/1oKUL07eVm

[Connecticut Tenants Union @cttenantsunion]

🚨ACTION ALERT🚨 Sign our petition urging Hamden to pass the Tenant Rights Ordinance to strengthen tenant protections & empower tenant unions

Co-sponsored by the Greater New Haven Central Labor Chapter of the @westernctalf

Worker power 🤝 tenant power

https://t.co/TZ1yyYosWc

[Local 33–UNITE HERE! @33unitehere]

Wondering what difference a union + a contract can make? Take a look at just some highlights from our sibling unions @Yale & the academic labor movement 🧵

[EASTERN CT AREA LABOR FEDERATION @Easternctalf]

Lots of support for workers with @CCSBWU & @VernonSBWU as they continue to fight for a fair contract! Huge thanks to @SenBlumenthal who has continued to show up and support these workers! #1u

[Connecticut AFL-CIO @ConnAFLCIO]

Make sure your #Thanksgiving is #UnionMade! And you can purchase this great food from one of many union grocery stores across CT: https://t.co/AASZ3X7dzw