A flyer advertising a project information session and potential work opportunities for Connecticut’s State Pier project in New London, informed potential construction bidders the State Pier project “is a union job.” “Small, local and diverse…
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A Connecticut State Police contract passed by the legislature in 2019 is being interpreted broadly by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to block freedom of information requests, according to the Connecticut Freedom…
In a June 8 letter to their 1,500 members who work in Connecticut’s judicial system, AFSCME Local 749 President Ron Nelson warned of an effort to lure members away from AFSCME to a new union.…
State Rep. Joshua Hall, D-Hartford, was defeated in his election bid to take over as president of the Hartford Federation of Teachers, according to a vote tally released by the HFT. Hall, who had served…
Stephen Barone, a Hartford police officer who was fired after being caught on video telling a group of young men that he felt “trigger happy,” has filed a grievance against his termination. The City of…
With Connecticut’s budget on the rocks and a state employee pay increase just weeks away, SEIU 1199 launched a commercial on television and social media saying some politicians are “going to take away my wages…
Yankee Institute Statement: Gov. Lamont must demand shared sacrifice regarding state employee raises
“At his press conference today, Gov. Ned Lamont insisted that he has no power to suspend a scheduled wage increase for state employees at a time when Connecticut is facing unprecedented unemployment and budgetary problems.…
“Raising taxes in response to this economic downturn ignores twelve years of Connecticut’s economic and fiscal history – and will only chop any chance of recovery off at the knees. Connecticut now has an opportunity…
Connecticut union activists are planning a drive-by rally outside the homes of Connecticut’s wealthiest individuals in Greenwich on Thursday, May 21, calling for increasing taxes on the rich to plug an estimated $7 billion budget…
Some employees with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services worked up to 137 consecutive days, bolstering their annual pay by three times their base salary, according to a report by the Auditors of Public…