Unions and their allies are organizing at state and local levels to end the assault on the right to organize and protest. Connecticut local unions endorsing the planning meeting for a Connecticut Civil Liberties Defense Mobilization included GEU UAW Local 6950, 4Cs SEIU Local 1973, Hartford Federation of Teachers, SEIU 1199NE, Connecticut State University AAUP, AFT 1942 FTCT, New Haven Federation of Teachers, Wesleyan AAUP, UCONN Professional Employees Association, along with dozens of allies.
A state-wide assembly April 6 voted a series of demands, including:
- Free Mahmoud Khalil and all targeted activists
- Stop all attacks on the rights to protest, organize, and due process
- Stop all attacks on queer and trans people
- Stop RFK’s Autism registry
- Protect and expand healthcare and social services
- Protect and fund our schools and universities
- Hands off our unions
The Connecticut Civil Liberties Defense Mobilization will go into action with a labor-community demonstration on the New Haven Green June 8, contingents in Pride Day events in multiple cities led by union Pride caucuses, and a state-wide “educational rally-meeting.”
For more: https://www.ctcivillibertiesdefense.org