State Worker Concessions Agreement Ratified

HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Unionized state employees say now that they’ve approved the third labor concession package in a decade, they want lawmakers to make sure Connecticut’s wealthiest citizens pay more in taxes.
Union officials on Tuesday announced that all 15 voting members of the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition approved the latest givebacks, which amount to about $1.5 billion over the next two years. Eighty-three percent of rank-and-file members