Senate passes labor concessions deal

By ConnPolitics.tv Staff on May 15, 2009 | In News, Gov. Jodi Rell, General Assembly | 1 feedback »

Hartford (AP) – The Connecticut Senate has approved a package of state employee givebacks that are supposed to save the cash-strapped state about $700 million.

Senators voted 32-3 in favor of the resolution, which overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives earlier in the morning. They later approved a separate bill, 32-3, that applies the concessions to nonunion workers as well.

The agreement includes wage freezes, higher prescription copays, unpaid furlough days and retirement incentives.

Bargaining units that agreed to wage givebacks were promised no layoffs for the next two years. That provision irks some lawmakers who question how the governor can streamline state government without shedding some employees.

They also pointed out that private sector workers aren’t receiving no-layoff assurances.

Comment from: Independent Observer [Visitor] Email
Why doesn't Connecticut join the other states who are pushing back on the Federal Government intrusion of their states rights? Connecticut was quick to accept the Fed funds and attached "strings" that will have far reaching effects on our taxes and the way we want to do run our government.
05/15/09 @ 17:29

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