Democracy Unity and Equality (D.U.E.) Justice Coalition

Joining the Call for a "Moral Revival" in Connecticut

Wed, 05/09/2018 - 5:00pm
Members of affiliated unions have for years engaged in grassroots community and faith-based efforts to tackle discrimination, poverty and inequality where they work and live. Several local social justice organizations allied with AFT Connecticut have begun coordinating state activities in the "Poor People's Campaign (PPC): A National Call for Moral Revival." State federation leaders last month took steps to be part of this movement, rooted in the unfinished work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 

Public Employees Converge on the Capitol to Defend Rights

Mon, 03/27/2017 - 6:00pm
With chants of "We Will Fight!," a crowd of nearly 1,500 on Friday took over Minuteman Park in Hartford to denounce lawmakers' proposals to silence the voices of working people. The rally was organized by members of unions representing Connecticut's public sector workforce as part of a series of actions throughout the day at the State Capitol complex. They came to resist 77 individual bills that, if passed into law, would roll-back collective bargaining rights and undermine state and municipal public service employees' pay and benefits.
 

Urging the President-Elect to "Stop the Hate"

Wed, 11/23/2016 - 4:30pm
Labor, civil rights and faith leaders are calling on President-elect Donald Trump to unequivocally denounce hate-fueled acts of harassment, vandalism and even assault taking place since his election. More than 100 groups, representing more than 10 million Americans, have signed on to a November 18 letter from our national union and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
 
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