Before the press conference began, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz did her best to get everyone organized.

She ushered a large group of labor leaders to one side of the podium. And on the other side, she gathered Gov. Ned Lamont and a host of Democratic lawmakers from the General Assembly.

“We’ve got union leaders over here and the fabulous legislators over here,” Bysiewicz said.

“She’s separating us,” one of the union leaders joked.

“We are all on the same page. Don’t worry,” Bysiewicz responded.

That was certainly true on Monday, as Lamont signed a new 124-page labor bill into law.

The bill, which was supported by nurses, teachers, construction workers and service employees in Connecticut, is one of the biggest victories for organized labor in the state in recent years.

The bill also provided Lamont with a ready-made platform to tout his support among the state’s labor unions ahead of the Democratic Convention, where the governor is seeking to lock in his party’s endorsement for a third term.

Unionized labor will play a significant role at that convention on Saturday and could help to decide whether Rep. Josh Elliott, D-Hamden, receives enough support to challenge Lamont in a Democratic primary later this summer.

Many of the labor leaders and their allies in the General Assembly credited Lamont for his support of the lengthy labor bill that passed in the final days of this year’s legislative session.

The bill, which Lamont signed into law on Monday, provides something for nearly every unionized workforce in the state.

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Teachers and nurses are now eligible for enhanced workers’ compensation benefits if they are assaulted on the job. It ensures workers in the cannabis industry are paid at least the state minimum wage. It provides new job protections to janitors, housekeepers and other service workers. And it holds general contractors on construction projects liable if subcontractors on a project don’t pay their workers.

“This is a game changer for us. Absolutely,” Rochelle Palache, the state director of SEIU 32BJ, said of the omnibus labor bill.

“We are so glad to stand by our leaders like Gov. Lamont,” she added.

The celebratory mood at the bill signing on Monday was far different from the reaction that Lamont received last year after vetoing another labor-backed bill that would have made striking workers eligible for workers’ compensation payments during a labor dispute.

Neither Lamont or the union leaders brought up that recent history on Monday. Instead, the governor and the other speakers focused on all of the other legislation that he and the state’s labor leaders collaborated on during his first eight years in office.

Lamont and Bysiewicz cited Connecticut’s nearly $17 minimum wage. And they reminded everyone how they supported the creation of a statewide paid family medical leave program and expanded sick leave for employees throughout the state.

“That’s not the way I think about it,” Lamont said. “I’m standing with these folks right here. We are fighting every day on behalf of the working families in this state.”

Sen. Julie Kushner, the Democratic chairwoman of the legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee, also recognized Lamont’s role in ensuring labor-friendly law continue to be enacted in Connecticut.

Kushner said she would have liked to see the legislation providing pay for striking workers enacted into law last year. But she noted that Lamont has been an active partner on many other important bills that passed through her committee.

“We’ve gotten so much done in the last eight years for working people,” Kushner said.