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Connecticut union takes concessions to save jobs
After nearly six months of negotiations and two rounds of votes, Connecticut’s public unions have approved $1.6 billion in contract concessions proposed by Gov. Dannel Malloy.
The deal means at least 3,000 state workers will keep their jobs. While the administration expects to continue laying off managers and consolidating state agencies, and it estimates 2,000 employees will retire before Oct. 1, the thousands of pink slips unionized workers received this summer will be rescinded beginning Monday.
The union’s rank-and-file members shot down the deal in June. This week’s vote followed a decision by the union leadership to ease voting rules. (Banjo, The Wall Street Journal)
