Monday October 21, 2024 marks the beginning of in-person Early Voting for CT residents.  A&R encourages all members to vote this election season, this is your voice and your strength in the State's legislature...it is important.  A&R does not get involved in national level politics, we focus on State Senators and State House Reps.  It is the State Senators and House Reps who vote on our contracts and have influence over our agreements and the conduct of our agencies; therefore, this is our focus.

So when you go into the voting booth this year (either now or on Tuesday Nov 5th), we want you to

There has been a change of stance at the DMV regarding the validity of the 2014 AWS Policy.  After recent discussions with A&R Employee's Union leadership, DMV has acknowledged the validity of this longstanding agreement between the agency and the union, as encapsulated in the 2014 DMV AWS Policy. We are passing this information along to the membership with the intent to quell any confusion. It is our hope and expectation that, in order to avoid further confusion, the agency will issue a communication to DMV staff reiterating that the 2014 AWS Policy remains in effect. 

Members requesting AWS

Registration for the A&R Holiday Party has opened!  This is our big event every year at the Aquaturf, this will be very similar to last year so we will have music/dj, raffles, contests, gifts, full meal, cheap drinks (including free soda/water).  The cost is $25/member and drink tickets are $5 each (view the flyer).  The easiest way to register is online but we still accept mail-in forms and of course in-person sign-ups at the A&R Office in Rocky Hill.

Again this year we will be encouraging everyone to bring an unwrapped gift for the US Marine Corps Reserve - Toys for Tots program (we

Service Ratings are due no later than Monday September 30.  

The Rating Categories have not changed (Quality,Quantity, Dependability, Ability to Deal w/Others, & Supervisory) . 
The Evaluation Scoring has not changed (Excellent, Superior, Satisfactory, Fair, & Unsatisfactory). 

However, the new Annual Rating actually comes in 2 parts now: the actual "Rating Form" (PER-127) and then a separate "Comments Form" (PER-127A).

The 2 forms work like this: the Rating Form PER-127 must be signed after receipt and discussion with your supervisor/manager and will go into your personnel file...you must sign it

Our Negotiation Committee is still open for any member who wants to attend and participate in the formulation of our next contract.  We held our first meeting in August and we have our second meeting scheduled for Wednesday September 18.  Any A&R member who wishes to join us is welcome to do so.  The Negotiations team meets in-person at the A&R Office in Rocky Hill and our meetings start at 5:30PM.  We will provide a light meal as well.

Also, the Labor-to-Labor walk schedule has been updated (you can view it here).  Registering in advance is helpful to the organizers of these walks but if you

Back in March of 2023, A&R filed a grievance on behalf of all employees who were scheduled to be in-office on two snow days, February 28^th and March 14^th.  On both of those days "in-office" employees were directed to either Telework or use their accrued time; a directive that is in contrast to the language of the Telework Agreement.

On February 28, 2023 (and again on March 14^th), the State closed office buildings due to snow and directed employees who had a scheduled office day to stay home and telework or use accrued time such as Vacation or Personal Leave for that day.

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