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State Psychiatrists and Physicians Get Boost in Pay Scale

State Psychiatrists and Physicians Get Boost in Pay Scale

by Marc E. Fitch | Oct 24, 2018 | Labor | 0 comments

State physicians and psychiatrists for Connecticut’s Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services received two additional step increases to their pay scale as part of the bevy of union contracts approved with the 2017 SEBAC deal. The SEBAC agreement granted a...
AFL-CIO Calls in Outside Help to Mobilize for Connecticut Election

AFL-CIO Calls in Outside Help to Mobilize for Connecticut Election

by Marc E. Fitch | Sep 17, 2018 | Labor, Yankee News | 4 comments

The national AFL-CIO has tapped Working America, its political affiliate based in Washington D.C., to send canvassers to Connecticut for a “union member mobilization effort” and to talk with members about “the importance of the 2018 election cycle,” according to an...
Survey Shows Union Member Support for new Janus Rights

Survey Shows Union Member Support for new Janus Rights

by Marc E. Fitch | Sep 7, 2018 | Labor, Yankee News | 1 comment

A survey of public-sector union members in 22 states without right-to-work laws showed more than half of them approve of their new rights under the Janus v. AFSCME ruling. A sampling of 311 public-sector union members, including four in Connecticut, found 51 percent...
Taxpayers Charged $894,000 for Union Leave Time at Dept. of Correction

Taxpayers Charged $894,000 for Union Leave Time at Dept. of Correction

by Marc E. Fitch | Sep 4, 2018 | Labor | 2 comments

State auditors found 201 union representatives at the Department of Correction racked up $894,199 of paid union leave time over two years, according to a newly released audit of Connecticut’s prison system. “The time represents an aggregate of 28,449 hours, totaling...
Union Membership Cards Raise Legal Questions Following Janus

Union Membership Cards Raise Legal Questions Following Janus

by Marc E. Fitch | Sep 4, 2018 | Labor, Yankee News | 2 comments

New state and municipal employees might want to read the fine print on AFSCME union membership cards before signing. The membership cards authorize one of the state’s largest public-sector unions to automatically deduct dues even if the employee resigns from the union...
Connecticut Public Sector Compensation Outpaces the Private Sector

Connecticut Public Sector Compensation Outpaces the Private Sector

by Marc E. Fitch | Aug 17, 2018 | Budget, Labor | 0 comments

In the old days, becoming a public servant meant receiving less take-home pay but getting good benefits. It was a trade-off some were willing to make, but that trade-off has eroded in Connecticut. Now, one can work for the state of Connecticut and be guaranteed a...
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