It is well known that Gov. Dannel Malloy makes $150,000 in salary. In fact, the salaries of most state employees are public information.
But what do the union negotiators who represent state employees make?
The federal government collects information on four of the 13 unions that make up the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition. The remaining unions don’t file or claim exemptions from the requirement.
SEBAC represents most of the employees from whom Malloy is seeking $2 billion in concessions over the next two years.
Malloy makes less than 1,126 state employees, but he also makes a little bit less than two of the union leaders he may find across the negotiating table.
Salvatore Luciano, executive director of AFSCME Council 4, made $151,003 in 2010, while Sharon Palmer, president of AFT Connecticut, made $150,165.
Malloy’s chief negotiator, Mark Ojakian, deputy secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, makes $170,000.
AFSCME Council 4 represents 33,200 state and municipal workers who pay $21.80 per month in dues. In all, the union collects $9.1 million from its members.
The average Council 4 employee earned $84, 249 in 2010.
Larry Dorman, a Council 4 employee who serves as a spokesman for SEBAC, did not respond to an email requesting comment.
AFT Connecticut represents 27,488 teachers and public employees. Each member pays $18.13 per month in dues for a total of $5.7 million.
The average AFT employee earned $97,460.
Salary, membership and financial information is publicly available for four of the 13 SEBAC member unions through the U.S. Department of Labor.
Most unions are required to file an LM2 form on an annual basis, similar to the IRS 990 form required of other nonprofit groups.
Nine of the 13 SEBAC unions did not file an LM2 for 2010. AFSCME Council 4, AFT Connecticut, SEIU 1199 and SEIU 2001 are the four that filed.
The 10 highest paid employees of the four unions are all from Council 4 and AFT Connecticut. After Luciano and Palmer, the highest paid are:
Melodie Peters, AFT, $128,722
Kevin Murphy, Council 4, $126,673
Leo Canty, AFT, $125,663
Peter Thor, Council 4, $118,233
Teresa Merisotis, AFT, $117,841
Patricia Walters, AFT , $115,891
Robert Ceritelli, AFT, $115,782
Eric Bailey, AFT, $115,186
Another 17 union employees make at least $100,000.
Robert Rinker, executive director of SEIU 2001, made $112,618 and his assistant director of administration, Michael Nortz, made $100,511.
SEIU 2001 represented 22,720 members in 2010. Each member pays 1 percent of their annual salary to the union, with a minimum payment of $300 and a maximum of $832, for a total collection of $5.1 million.
The average SEIU 2001 employee earned $68,174 last year.
Carmen Boudier, president of SEIU 1199, earned $107,367 last year, while the union’s secretary-treasurer, David Pickus, made $101,293.
SEIU 1199 represents 18,143 healthcare workers who pay between $19 and $65 per month generating $12.1 million in revenue.
The average SEIU 1199 employee earned $55,891 last year.
The average SEIU 1199 member paid $667 in dues last year, significantly more than the other three unions. Council 4 members paid an average of $274, SEIU 2001 members paid $224 and AFT members paid $207.
State Rep. Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, who works for Council 4 as a service representative made $74,742 last year.
Former Rep. David McCluskey, D-West Hartford, who gave up his seat to serve on the Board of Pardons and Paroles, earned $58,840 as a political educator for SEIU 2001, also known as the Connecticut State Employees Association.
Let’s face it the union is corrupt.When I ran for a position the would not let me see the votes? Are you kidding me? I was very vocal about the givebacks, so at election time the”union” goes into a room and comes back out and wouldn’t tell me who won! One month later thefuy I ran against calls me and said I lost the election…Much more too it but I made my point
By the way, its security, not surcrity. @horrible deal, its terrible that you were thrown off of the union web sites! You deserve to have your opinion heard and I respect that, although I believe differently.
my father is one of these men, and I can honestly say that he deserves every penny he earns. He is the hardest working individual that I know and genuinely gives a crap, which a lot of people don’t anymore. Who is Janowski to say that he doesn’t deserve it?
And that only includes their actual pay- not retirement for state service Tom Sellas who works for Council 4 and Terri Paventi were both correction officers and now get a pension in addition to their pay. It also does not include expenses they put in for including but not limited to mileage or speaking fees
What back door deal.if we vote no we have go and negotiate a new contract and there is no arbitrator who will award ant of us money or job surcrity after turning down a offer that has money and surcrity in it.plus on the july1 2017 we lose everything anyway so with this deal we get money and surcrity in
easypolls.neteasypolls.netSEBAC… inthistogetherct.org I WANT MY VOICE BACK.
It is amazing that many us are against this union contract. I have been banned from my union web sites because I am opposing this crap of a deal… I agree we need to give back. Everyone in the media and public believes this is a great deal but no one is talking about the back door dealing that is screwing the average state worker. So the republicans have one thing right this deal is horrible. So all my fellow state employees who believe in the poll I have created. GO and vote and let your voice be heard.
http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=4dd43f36f7828ee0151f2d3f
lets see where we stand… keep voting.
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