May 18, 2022
						
						Members of the National Guard on state active duty are allowed to unionize, the U.S. Department of Justice confirmed, reaching a settlement in a case brought by three unions that had sought to greenlight organizing work in Connecticut.
					
					
						January 21, 2022
						
						The U.S. Department of Justice asked a Connecticut federal judge to dismiss a suit lodged by a group of unions requesting a ruling that federal law permits state National Guard members to organize with a union, saying the complaint does not demonstrate a "credible threat of prosecution."
					
					
						November 15, 2021
						
						A group of unions sued the U.S. Department of Justice in Connecticut federal court Monday, asking a judge to find that federal law doesn't make it a felony for members of the National Guard on state active duty to organize with a labor union.