Nearly 75 percent of Connecticut’s public-sector workforce is part of a union, according to new numbers released by Unionstats.com, making Connecticut’s government workforce the most unionized in the country. The figures derived from 2020 Current…
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The Labor and Public Employees Committee has filed a bill designed to push back against the Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Janus v. AFSCME that allows public sector employees to opt out of union membership…
The Connecticut Communist Party gave out awards on Saturday, December 8 to Eva Bermudez Zimmerman, SEIU organizer and former Lt. Governor primary candidate, and Shellye Davis, president of the Greater Hartford Labor Council. It was…
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text]A recent survey of public-sector union members in 22 states without right-to-work laws showed more than half of them approve of their new rights under the Janus v. AFSCME ruling. A survey of 311…
No matter who occupies the governor’s office in 2019, he will be faced with a $4.6 billion budget deficit, including 7 percent raises for state employees, and increasing costs for unfunded pension and state retirement…
The Supreme Court in the coming weeks will issue a decision in the closely watched Janus v. AFSCME case, which could affect public-sector employees in 22 states, including Connecticut. The decision will determine whether or…
Union members voiced their displeasure with the recently passed budget by protesting outside the annual Democratic Party fundraiser Thursday at the Connecticut convention center. Donning neon green “Union Power" shirts and holding signs that read “Jobs…
The traditional image of the union member as being a working class, blue collar factory worker has been replaced by a new reality: the state-employed bureaucrat enjoying perks and high pay at taxpayer expense. Figures…
Several state union representatives spent more than half of the year working for their unions while still getting paid by the state, driving up overtime costs and putting an extra burden on the state budget.…