by Zachary Janowski | Jun 29, 2011 | General, Health Care
I will be contributing about once a month to the Health Justice CT blog. A new version of the site will launch soon, but here is my first post on why SustiNet won’t help the uninsured, the poor or the sick. Some highlights: Although some see a public option or...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 22, 2011 | Features, General, State Budget
State employee unions will finish voting this week on a concession package that, if approved, could reduce the long-term cost of pensions by $7.8 billion, in addition to the more immediate savings used by Gov. Dannel Malloy to balance the state budget. The Malloy...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 17, 2011 | Features, General, Video
“So any deal that comes down the pike, if it’s union construction jobs, it’s, ‘Eureka,’” said former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland at a Yankee Institute luncheon May 25. “That’s the new Connecticut.” Rowland, co-host of “Church and State” on WTIC AM weekdays from...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 15, 2011 | Features, General, State Budget
The leaders of one state employee union subgroup have written a letter asking their union not to proceed with a vote on the proposed concession package. Seven elected leaders of the Engineering, Scientific & Technical Council – also known as P-4 – wrote a June 13...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 15, 2011 | Features, General
The law merging the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Public Utility Control terminates all five DPUC commissioners on June 30. The terms of three commissioners – Chairman Kevin DelGobbo, Anthony Palermino and Amalia Bzdyra – were already...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 10, 2011 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
SEBAC Q&A at the Armory Hour 1 from Union Info on Vimeo. Workers around the country are envious of Connecticut state employees according to their lead negotiator. Daniel Livingston, chief negotiator for the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition, said other...
