General Info

Council 4 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is Connecticut?s largest AFL-CIO union. We represent approximately 35,000 employees in state and local government, boards of education and the private sector. Council 4 is affiliated with AFSCME International, the nation's largest labor union with more than 1.4 million members. Headquartered in New Britain, CT, Council 4 provides its nearly 500 local unions with a variety of services, including collective bargaining, economic and contract research, education and training, political and legislative affairs, public relations and legal representation. Council 4 members work in a diverse range of occupations (technical, blue collar, professional, clerical and more) and professions (health care, corrections and law enforcement, welfare and social services, public workers, K-12 education and higher education and more). The statewide union that was to become Council 4 was founded in 1937 with just 28 members, but by 1942 that number had grown to 1,000 and it broke the 20,000 mark in the 1980s. In today's challenging workplace environment, the mission of Council 4 is to deliver fair contracts that provide members with decent pay and benefits, employment security and a real voice on the job. The Executive Director of Council 4 is Sal Luciano of Local 2663 (Social and Human Services). The President of Council 4 is Thomas Ledoux of Local 2930 (Town of Newington).