Comments on: ALERT/UPDATE: Arbitrator rules against Malloy Administration on significant retirement issue

By: jonpelto

jonpelto — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:08:00 +0000

State/SEBAC retirement settlement finally reached…http://jonathanpelto.com/2013/03/11/statesebac-retirement-settlement-finally-reached/

By: Bobbi

Bobbi — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:33:00 +0000

I e-mailed the Labor Dept. last night and asked if the early retirement grievance has been settled yet. I was surprised to find the Labor Dept. replied back at 11:12 p.m. They said they were hopeful it would be resolved in a couple of weeks. I am going to believe this to be true. They could have blown me off like the union does with my e-mails and voice mails, and they did not. I hope my feelings prove to be true and all of these rumors can be put to rest.

By: Rick R.

Rick R. — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:45:00 +0000

Good grief. I am in the dark on this whole damn thing. Longtime DOT worker out of New Haven. Bobbi may as well have written this for me. I don’t know a thing and can’t find out either. My union delegate says there is no news coming out this week. I went over her head and emailed Hartford a few times. Not even a response. I called my organizer and he said he has not heard a word and didn’t know what I was talking about. I truly believe there is no agreement. If there was it would be in the paper and on TV.

By: Sonny

Sonny — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:58:00 +0000

Weird. I work for DEP and we have not heard a word about this. Union reps here say they have no information to give us. They know nothing about a meeting this week. My delegate called the regional organizer and she said there are no meetings scheduled for this week and she has not heard about the negotiations being completed. So I am in the same boat as Bobbi. My reps don’t know a thing and no meeting.

By: Bobbi

Bobbi — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:44:00 +0000

First, I’d like to say how appreciative I am for J.Pelto’s blog site. This is the only place I can get information from regarding the early retirement grievance. My phone calls and e-mails to the union have been ignored. I read some of you reported you have scheduled meetings with your union reps next week. I work for DDS, and have not heard a peep about any meeting. The “In This Together” web site for union members has not been updated in a year!!!! Talk about frustration.

$60.00 per month for union dues is a lot to pay when one cannot get a return phone call or an e-mail. I am truly disgusted.

Keeping us hanging for 14 months is uncalled for!

I fear some of these most recent rumors are true. If employees were allowed to retire early with a 2% hit for each year needed to be 55, then we should be offered this same deal or better. How could it be worst than that and be fair at the same time????

I wish us all good luck as this unfolds.

By: Mark 5

Mark 5 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 06:40:00 +0000

Ok folks, fasten your safety belts. We are in for a bumpy ride. Here is what I know right now. Union delegates at the rank and file level are telling coworkers and passing out flyers stating that an agreement has in fact been reached. To quote one delegate, “we didn’t get everything we wanted but we are going to settle this case now to avoid having the arbitrator settle it”. To confuse matters even further, one delegate was asked point blank, “what is in the agreement”. That delegate answered, “I am not even sure there is an agreement, they might be getting ready to tell us that we are at an impasse”. In other words, different people in the union are saying different things. The one common thread however is that high ranking union leaders are saying that “eligible members will not be happy with the outcome of the talks”. These union officials are bracing members for “news that they will not like”. That is something that several union delegates have said in several locations all over the state of Connecticut. So bad news is coming. No one, and I mean no one anywhere in Connecticut at the lower levels in the delegate hierarchy knows a single solitary thing about the details in the forthcoming agreement. The final deal between Sebac and the state are known by a handful of tight lipped people who thus far have not leaked a word. Meetings in numerous locations all over Connecticut are scheduled for early this coming week where higher ranking union personnel will be laying out the details of the agreement. We have beefed braced for bad news. Why Sebac would willingly accept a bad deal is an open question

By: Rhonda Jo Petty

Rhonda Jo Petty — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:34:00 +0000

Well Bobbi, it looks like whoever that union rep was got it wrong. 12/1 has been here and gone with no announcement. What the heck is going on here? This is important.

By: Oona Malarkey

Oona Malarkey — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 06:37:00 +0000

Bobbi, It seems you are our “point person.” We are depending upon you!!!

By: Serena

Serena — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 16:57:00 +0000

Being ignored sounds believable. Keep pumping them for info Bobbi. I know so many people that have been monitoring this thread.

By: bobbi

bobbi — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:53:00 +0000

Janine,
I e-mailed the union three times to get an update, only to get ignored! A co-worker was told by the union we will know something by the second week of Dec. Sorry I don’t have better news!