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Our Wage Re-opener Agreement is now final!  Today (April 23, 2024) our Wage Re-Opener Agreement passed a full floor vote in the Senate as well as a full floor vote in the House…that means it has been adopted!  The House voted in favor 106 Yea to 44 Nay.  The Senate voted in favor 24 Yea to 12 Nay.  There is no need for a Governor’s signature, it is final!

As a reminder, the agreement calls for a 2.5% raise on June 28th (meaning you will see it in your July 25th paycheck) and there will be a Step Increase/Top Step Payment effective December 27th (meaning you will see that in your

If you are looking for that Mother's Day Gift...we have a great solution, take her to see Wicked at the Bushnell on Mother's Day (May 12, 2024).  We  just added the play Wicked! at the Bushnell to our line-up of activities! Tickets are  $117/each and we only have a few tickets available so don't wait!  The Emerald City Cocktail Lounge will be open to all two-hours prior to the show if you wish to get the full experience! View the flyer here or  get your tickets here!

The A&R Social Committee has also put together an extensive list of trips and activities for the Summer and Fall of 2024 so

Our Wage Re-Opener Agreement has passed the Appropriations Cmte House and Senate votes...next and final stop is a full vote on the House floor (HR-15) and a full vote on the Senate floor (SR-12).  There is no scheduled date for the full floor votes just yet, we will let you know...but remember, everyone has a role in getting this passed, you need to contact your State Rep and State Senator and let them know you want them to pass HR-15 or SR-12 (you can find your legislator's contact info here).

Below are the tally sheets for the votes in the Appropriations Committee...all Senate Democrats

UPDATE 4/12/24 - Our Wage Re-Opener [which is identified as Senate Resolution 12 (SR-12) and House Resolution 15 (HR-15)] will be taken up by  the General Assembly's Appropriations Committee today, Friday April 12, 2024.  A public hearing will be held starting at 10:00AM-ish and can be viewed on CT-N.com .  The public hearing will be followed by a meeting of the Appropriations Cmte where we expect that both chambers will take a committee vote later today.  A&R Chief Negotiator Rhonda Tillman submitted written testimony on behalf of A&R in favor of the Wage Re-Opener.  If the House & Senate

Voting on the 2024 Wage Re-opener Tentative Agreement has closed and the membership has overwhelmingly voted to ratify and accept the Tentative Agreement.

Thank you to all of the members of the A&R Negotiations Committee for your help in delivering this Tentative Agreement to the membership.  Thank you to the A&R stewards who rallied the members and got the message out.  Most importantly, thank you to all of the A&R members who participated in this contract vote.  The union draws its strength directly from the membership so we thank all members who participated in the process.

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