A brewing conflict between two competing tenant unions at Sunset Ridge Apartments escalated into a tense confrontation late Friday morning, with shouting residents, accusations of management interference, and police responding to the scene.

The dispute centers on two separate groups claiming to represent tenants at the complex.

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For weeks, one group, working with the Connecticut Tenants’ Union, has been organizing residents, collecting union cards, and preparing to file official paperwork with the city.

Just as they announced they had reached the required membership threshold Friday, another group interrupted declaring that they had already filed paperwork to form a union.

As tensions rose, members of the second gr

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