LABOR RALLY TO BE HELD:
Thursday, Sept. 21
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
State Capitol Building
The General Assembly passed a budget which is hositle to state employees. We are urging the Governor to veto this egregious legislation. Organized labor is holding a rally at the State Capitol to urge Governor Malloy honor his pledge to veto the budget recently passed by the General Assembly.
Join workers, faith leaders, students, and clean government advocates on Thursday, Sept. 21, at 12:00 p.m. in Hartford for a rally to support Governor Malloy’s promise to veto the anti-worker budget.
What’s so awful about this budget?
- Attacks collective bargaining rights: eliminates freedom for state workers to negotiate health care and retirement security;
- Increases pension contributions for all employees to 7% of salary in 2027;
- Lowers the Tier2, 2A, 3 pension calculation in 2027;
- Ends retiree pension COLAs in 2027 for ALL retirees;
- Ends OT in pension calculations starting in 2027;
- State Labor contract agreements or arbitrated agreements would be rejected if not voted on in the legislature within 30 days. Any rejected agreement would then have to be arbitrated (or re-arbitrated) and sent back to the legislature for automatic passage;
- Limits what an arbitrator may consider for the State's "ability to pay" during negotiations;
- Allows the State to break contracts under certain circumstances;
- Limits futureSEBAC and union agreements to 4 years;
- Requires the Comptroller to annually review the SEBAC 2017 agreement to ensure that projected savings are achieved and allows the Governor to recover any lapse if insufficient savings