The Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth was recently established by the Legislature via PA 17-2 Sec. 250.  The Commission has heard testimony from the Yankee Institute as well as the CBIA.

The Commission is expected to make recommendations to the Legislature on a variety of issues which may be extremely impactful to the future of organized labor in Connecticut.  The Commission is co-chaired by two prominent business leaders: health-care entrepreneur Robert Patricelli and Webster Bank’s chairman and former chief executive officer, James Smith.  Most of the board members come from

The Legislative Session will open on Wednesday February 7th and will start with the Governor's State of the State address.  This is considered the "short" session which is scheduled to conclude on May 9th.

In advance of the State of the State address, Governor Malloy has unveiled his proposed revisions to the biennial budget.  The revised  budget reflects a $240 million deficit for FY18, and a $117 million surplus in FY19.   The next step in the process is for the Legislature to give consideration to his proposals.  House Minority Leader Themis Klarides has stated “We have to deal with the

In accordance with our new contract, employees in durational positions can now achieve permanent status after a 6-month working test period, similar to all other new hires.  All durational employees who were hired prior to August 1, 2017 have now achieved permanent status...Congratulations! 

It is the employee status which now changes after a 6 month working test period, the position remains durational with a limited time frame for funding. So if/when funding expires, the employee in the durational position may receive a layoff notice but will now have contractual layoff language and re-hire

Last year membership voted and approved the A&R contract, as well as modifications to the SEBAC agreement.  These changes were negotiated by union members, for union members via A&R's Negotiations Committee.  While no member was enthusiastic to make the sacrifices being asked, the membership overwhelmingly approved the negotiated contracts.  The result: We have a signed labor agreement which runs through June 2021, with 7% built in wage increases, guaranteed top step bonuses (guaranteed throughout your career),  two step increments, all longevity payments, and a cash bonus this July.  We also

The 2018 pension breakpoint for Tier2/2A/3 retirees has increased to $80,537.  This is a 3.4% increase over 2017 ($77,889) yet is $7000 lower than it would have been if we continued to use the straight 6% increase formula that was used from 1982 - 2014. 

The breakpoint is the dividing line for the pension calculation: earnings above the breakpoint have a multiplier of 1.8333% for every year of service and salary below the breakpoint has a multiplier of 1.4% for each year of service.