Advocacy

This International Workers’ Day, advocates for the immigrant community are raising their voices with a May Day march and rally at the State Capitol. The core message: that immigrant labor is one of the many ways that immigrants contribute to our country. “They work as hard, they work over the average that any American worker would work. Over 10 hours,

Criminal justice reform advocates rallied at the Connecticut State Capitol on Wednesday to call on Governor Ned Lamont (D) to uphold the state’s Clean Slate law. Connecticut passed its Clean Slate law in 2021. It was supposed to automatically erase misdemeanors after seven years and certain low-class felonies after 10 years to make it easier for people with criminal records to find

A bill that expands paid sick day requirements to all employers awaits the governor’s signature. The bill, An Act Expanding Paid Sick Days in The State, was passed by lawmakers in the state Senate on Monday night. Once it becomes law, it will require all businesses, regardless of size or industry, to provide paid sick time to employees. It will

As the state legislature continues to grapple with a housing crisis, education funding shortfalls, and maintaining the state’s fiscal guardrails, one advocacy group is drawing attention to the potential for childcare to improve the lives of both children and their caregivers. All Our Kin, a New Haven-based nonprofit, seeks to draw attention to the work of family childcare educators. These

A progressive policy group urged state legislators Thursday to stem worsening income and wealth inequality — particularly among racial and ethnic lines — by establishing a new state income tax credit for households with children. The New Haven-based Connecticut Voices for Children offered three options for per-child credits ranging from $500 to $600. And while the plans would cost state government

A bill under consideration in the Connecticut General Assembly would eliminate the lower minimum wage assigned to hourly employees who earn tips, like servers and bartenders, and would establish instead a single minimum wage that would apply to all workers. The legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee approved a similar bill, S.B. 1177, during the 2023 legislative session, but it didn’t