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Judicial Employees Applaud Contract Arbitration Award, Urge Administration to Avoid Further Delays

Judicial Employees Applaud Contract Arbitration Award, Urge Administration to Avoid Further Delays

Public Student Loan Forgiveness

Public Service Loan Forgiveness is not a handout — it’s a promise made to the public workers who keep our state running – and has a direct impact on the services these workers provide to our

45,000 State Workers’ Contracts Expire in the Middle of Manufactured Public Service Crisis

The State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) stands 45,000 members strong across 35 bargaining units representing every Connecticut state agency.

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Statement on the Sudden Funding Cuts to the Dept. of Public Health

Unions Representing Members at the Department of Public Health React to
Sudden Federal Funding Cuts
Six CDC Grants for Infectious Diseases and Immunizations Terminated by the Trump Administration

State Employees Applaud Applaud Enhanced Survivor Benefits for Families of State Employees Killed in the Line of Duty

[Hartford, CT] -  In 2024, the tragic line-of-duty deaths of a state trooper and a DOT road construction worker highlighted critical gaps in the state employee retirement system’s pre-retirement death benefits. The newly reached agreement ensures that, moving forward, spouses and minor dependents of employees killed in the line of duty will receive periodic retirement payments, alongside an increase in lump-sum cash benefits to reflect inflation.

Robust Benefits are Key to Solving

Agencies across our state continue to face chronic understaffing, exacerbated by ongoing recruitment and retention challenges. From healthcare and higher education to transportation and public safety, vital services that residents rely on are stretched thin, with workers burdened with the impacts of double and triple workloads. The result is a crisis that threatens Connecticut’s quality of life.

Update: Agreement Over Disability Retirement Protocols

Union members who participate in the State Employees Retirement System (SERS) who can no longer work due to a disability depend on  a lifetime retirement allowance and health insurance. SEBAC and the State of Connecticut have recently agreed to clear protocols for disability retirement that ensures the protection of members’ benefits while creating a transparent process for everyone involved.

SEBAC Mourns Fallen DOT Worker, Andrew DiDomenico

SEBAC released the following statement following the death of CTDOT employee Andrew DiDomenico, 26, who was killed today while working on the Wharton Brook Connector in Wallingford:

Connecticut’s Healthcare Crisis & The Right Solution

Connecticut has a duopoly healthcare system with Hartford Healthcare and Yale New Haven controlling approximately two thirds of the entire health care market. We have lost 21 independent, community-focused hospitals, leaving just six open. We have one remaining public hospital – John Dempsey Hospital– which is an essential part of the state’s flagship academic medical center, UConn Health. 

Health Professionals, Patients and Advocates Call for Investment and Expansion of UConn Health’s Vital Care, Research and Instruction

[Hartford, CT] -  State employee labor leaders and local elected officials are reiterating their shared vision for UConn Health as a growing independent system combining top quality research, instruction and clinical services. They are responding to today’s release of a report on the facility’s fiscal health by the corporate-oriented Cain Brothers, a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets, an out-of-state investment banking firm with a vested interest in hospital consolidations.