The University of Connecticut (UConn) attempted to subcontract non-union custodians at lower costs but failed to negotiate the ability to do so with the union. The UConn Facilities and Operations Department had recently moved two […]
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Dr. Andrew Agwunobi, chief executive officer of UConn Health and interim president of UConn, announced that he is resigning his position in an email to the UConn community earlier this morning. “I am sad to […]
The Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee approved a bill that would allow $46 million in state bonding for the University of Connecticut to hire more research faculty. The bill comes as UConn and UConn Health […]
The University of Connecticut and UConn Health are pushing for legislation that would require the state of Connecticut to cover roughly $100 million in unfunded pension and retiree healthcare costs the institutions normally have to […]
The University of Connecticut and UConn Health Center is asking the state of Connecticut for a combined $102.7 million to help mitigate their losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to figures presented to the […]
The University of Connecticut is facing an estimated $50 million budget shortfall due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is having to furlough managers and cut its athletics department to make up for the deficit. Although […]
**Meghan Portfolio contributed to this article** States and state universities from Hawaii and California to Maine are proposing employee pay cuts, pay freezes and furloughs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has wrecked havoc […]
The Appropriations Committee on Tuesday split down party lines on approval of a contract between UConn and the Graduate Employees Union which grants an 8 percent raise over the course of 4 years for student teachers at Connecticut’s flagship university.
On Monday, the Judicial Committee unanimously passed a bill which would end the use of non-disparagement and non-disclosure agreements by quasi-public agencies such as UConn and the Connecticut Lottery Corporation.
Gone are the days when the union protected coal miners with dirty hands and black lungs, fighting for reasonable work hours and wages against a conglomerate of greedy, corporate fat-cats. Sure, part of that image is myth, but there was a time when unions were necessary. Now is not that time.
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