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Connecticut Workers Rally for Billionaire Tax, Dignity

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Connecticut For All and allies rally for workers rights on International Workers Day, protesting federal cuts and advocating for a billionaire tax, rent control, and stronger immigrant rights. Rallies in Hartford, New Haven, Norwalk, Waterbury, and Willimantic, with a march to the capitol and delivering a letter to Governor Ned Lamont.

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Connecticut Workers Rally for Billionaire Tax, Dignity

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Hartford News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Connecticut Workers Rally for Billionaire Tax, Dignity. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

Connecticut, for all and their allies, are gearing up for international workers-day protests across the state this Friday, with rallies hitting, Hartford, New Haven, Norwalk, Water Berry, and Willemantic. These actions come after a year of federal cuts to snap benefits and Medicaid. Policies the group blames on favoritism toward the wealthy, under the previous Trump administration. Leaders like Constanza Sagovia say working folks are fed up with the squeeze on everyday needs, pushing Hart for billionaire tax on Connecticut's, richest, plus rent control, and stronger immigrant rights. Community College Union, SCIU, Local 1973 is joining in, linking labor fights to education equity amid funding woes and attacks on. Hire, rallies kick off with a 10 a.m. march from Hartford's Bushnell part to the Capitol, where they'll deliver a letter to Governor Ned Lamont, followed. Buy events on the New Haven Green in noon and 5 p.m., Norwalk City Hall at 4 p.m., Water

Berry's Green at 6 p.m., and Willemantic's Jilsen. Square at 5 p.m., a unified call to prioritize working people's dignity, no matter who's in charge. That's your update from Hartford News Today, powered by AI.

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