July 13, 2011

Bruce Mayer never had grand ambitions of becoming a union boss, as he calls it. But since the research biologist was elected president of the new faculty union at the UConn Health Center in January, he’s gotten something of a crash course in labor relations. “Anything that can happen to your union will, in the […]

The state’s transportation system is the latest fiscal casualty as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the legislature scramble to replace savings that were supposed to come from employee givebacks. Originally poised to receive more than $78 million in additional aid from the General Fund this fiscal year, the Special Transportation Fund lost that fiscal boost […]

As state employee unions plan a preliminary vote next week to lay the groundwork for a new concession deal, the administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says it still is intent on meeting a legislative deadline of Friday to produce a plan to downsize state government. Benjamin Barnes, the secretary of the Office of Policy […]

State employee union leaders will meet Monday to consider changing labor bylaws regarding future votes on contract concessions, according to a letter posted Wednesday on one union website. State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition spokesman Matt O’Connor declined to discuss any meeting dates or proposals under consideration. But a source said the coalition’s governing board hadn’t […]

Low-income and minority students continued to lag on statewide achievement test results released this week, but financially-strapped public schools may have less help to attack the problem this year. Many of the state’s public schools expect to lay off teachers, increase class sizes and scale back academic programs as they struggle with rising costs and […]