It’s time to stop the ideological wars and collaborate to give the 40,000 kids currently trapped in chronically failing traditional schools another option. Continue Reading →
Melodie Peters
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Unions, RGA pump another $1.9 million into CT governor’s race
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The Republican Governors Association contributed $800,000 Friday to a super PAC backing Republican Tom Foley, while two national public-employee unions put up $1.1 million to back Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the first-term Democratic incumbent, according to filings late Friday night. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Politics, 527s, AFSCME, AFT, Democratic Governors Association, DGA, independent expenditures, Melodie Peters
It’s Labor Day, and unions’ message is fear Foley, favor Malloy
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Unions can’t promise Gov. Dannel P. Malloy a win just by being with him in 2014. But of the few certainties in the business of campaigns and elections, count on this: Malloy, the first Democratic governor of Connecticut in a generation, is a lock to lose to Republican Tom Foley without them. The unions know that, so does Malloy. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Politics, 2014 campaign, AFL-CIO, AFT Connecticut, Chris Christie, Dannel P. Malloy, Labor Day, Lori J. Pelletier
Malloy celebrates Pryor, but makes gesture to union critics
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NEW BRITAIN – By turns wistful and upbeat, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor put a positive spin Thursday on Pryor’s announcement he will leave the Malloy administration, a departure sought by unions important to the governor’s re-election. He later named a leader of a teachers’ union to the State Board of Education. Continue Reading →