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    Opinion: Did Biden save unions? Now we have numbers.

    February 23, 2026 // Local government employs more union workers than any other industry, by a lot. State government is the next largest employer. The category education and health services comes next, and even though it’s counted as a private industry, most of those jobs are closely connected to government programs. The federal government has more union members than the entire manufacturing sector.

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    CT organizers, unions to take part in ‘National Shutdown’

    January 29, 2026 // It’s unclear how many businesses in Connecticut are planning to close their doors this Friday in support of the shutdown. But several Connecticut-based organizations have signed on to “endorse” the strike, including New London Immigrant Defense, Workers’ Voice Connecticut, Hearing Youth Voices, Connecticut Democratic Socialists, CT Nurses United and ACT UP Connecticut according to a post on the Instagram page of New London Immigrant Defense.

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