by Marc E. Fitch | Dec 18, 2018 | Labor |
The Connecticut Communist Party gave out awards on Saturday, December 8 to Eva Bermudez Zimmerman, SEIU organizer and former Lt. Governor primary candidate, and Shellye Davis, president of the Greater Hartford Labor Council. It was not the first time that union...
by Marc E. Fitch | Sep 4, 2018 | Labor, Yankee News |
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...
by Marc E. Fitch | Feb 22, 2017 | Yankee News |
Republican lawmakers are pushing a bill to stop taxpayer money from paying state employees to do union work after an anonymous whistleblower sent a package of information unveiling the practice. State employees - known as union stewards or representatives - are able...
by Marc E. Fitch | Sep 30, 2016 | Civil Service Reform, Yankee News |
Assistant attorneys general who plan to vote "no" in an upcoming union vote are making their case to their colleagues, arguing that a union could interfere with the existing relationship they have with their boss, Attorney General George Jepsen. A letter circulating...
