Employees say the layoffs and cutbacks are especially cruel after they spent months risking their health working during COVID.
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Murphy, Blumenthal press for more money for Amtrak in stimulus bill
Because ridership has plummeted, Amtrak is seeking at least $1.5 billion in new federal pandemic funds.
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Key to national security, Connecticut defense industry can’t shut down and braces for coronavirus
Without clear guidance from the Pentagon, CT’s defense contractors adopt their own coronavirus-fighting policies.
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Lamont, governors from region, ask for $100 billion from feds to respond to coronavirus
Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey say they are “on the front lines” of the coronavirus emergency.
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Malloy administration has served 113 pink slips to date
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration has served layoff notices to 113 state employees to date — the first stage in what is expected to be a larger wave of layoffs if the governor cannot secure concessions from unions.
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Malloy warns CT employee unions of nearly 1,100 layoffs planned for May
The notifications are the first stage in an alternative cost-cutting plan if ongoing concessions talks aren’t successful. This marks the second time in the past week that Malloy has hinted time is running out for unions to accept major concessions to help balance the next budget.
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State worker union launches TV ad to fight layoffs
Two days after Gov. Dannel P. Malloy threatened to lay off 4,200 unionized state workers unless concessions are granted, Connecticut’s largest healthcare workers union launched a television ad urging viewers to keep its members on the job.
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Union concessions still key focal point in a time of hard tradeoffs
With Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposal less than seven weeks away, his budget director warned that unless unions grant further concessions, avoiding major tax hikes likely would require significant cuts to municipal aid, social services, higher education — and more layoffs.
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New Year’s brings little to celebrate for CT fuel cell industry
WASHINGTON — Congress dealt a key – and growing – Connecticut industry a blow by failing to extend a fuel cell tax break at the end of the year – an omission that could cost the state jobs.
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CT lost 5,200 jobs last month as state layoffs took a toll
State employee layoffs began to take their toll on Connecticut’s job market in September even as the unemployment rate improved Thursday.
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State employee unions suing to block group home privatization
State employee unions plan to ask a judge to block the privatization of group homes for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, saying the layoffs caused by those changes violate Connecticut law
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26 CT agencies say no more layoffs — for now
The leaders of 26 Executive Branch agencies have informed Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget office of significant cuts they will be making to meet major savings targets in the new state budget. They also have said that no state employees need to be laid off beyond those already announced.
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Many laid off at UConn Health will still be working there
University of Connecticut Health Center workers represent the second-largest share of Executive Branch layoffs ordered since mid-April, but the savings will be blunted. That’s because of the 155 people who have been laid off at the Health Center, only 35 of them actually will no longer work there.
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Layoffs may be coming to Sikorsky
WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin said Wednesday it was giving pink slips to 350 of its workers. Although none of them work for Sikorsky, the company made clear it was considering layoffs there.
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Marshals file labor complaint over troopers at CT courthouses
The union representing Connecticut’s Judicial Branch marshals has filed a complaint with the Department of Labor charging that the hiring of state police to patrol outside courthouses violates its contract.