CMS deals blow to unions that had been automatically deducting dues from Medicaid-paid home healthcare workers
Home Care Daily highlights a report from the Yankee Institute on union deductions.
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Second Lawsuit Targets Connecticut Magnet School Racial Quotas
The Connecticut Parents Union filed a lawsuit in federal court on February 20 against the state of Connecticut alleging racial quotas meant to keep the state’s magnet schools diverse are actually preventing minority students from gaining access to those schools. The lawsuit is the second of its kind making its way through ...
Lamont Budget: Cities Off the Hook for Teacher Pensions, While Towns Pay Big
Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget proposes shifting 25 percent of the “normal cost” of teacher pensions onto towns and cities, but distressed municipalities will only have to shoulder 5 percent, which means the City of Hartford will have to pay far less in teacher pension costs than neighboring South Windsor. Combined ...
Labor Committee Moves Forward with Captive Audience Bill
The Labor Committee voted to draft a committee bill to prevent employers from holding mandatory meetings with employees regarding politics, religion or union organizing, referred to as “captive audience” meetings. The legislation, which has been attempted numerous times in the past with strong backing by labor unions, has received new ...