New team set to take over leadership of AFL-CIO in CT
Connecticut’s AFL-CIO opens a two-day virtual convention Thursday, marking a changing of the guard at a time of great strife in national labor relations, yet unusual unity in the state’s labor movement. Left-leaning SEIU 1199 just rejoined the state AFL-CIO. Conservative building trades no longer threaten to bolt. And on Friday, delegates are set to choose new leaders: Ed Hawthorne, president; and Shellye Davis, executive vice president.