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Hartford's School Bus Workers Speak Out for Livable Wages

Patricia Gaskin and Kim Bell Interviewed

Patricia Gaskin and Kim Bell Share Concerns About Bus Subcontractors with the Press

September 02, 2010

Bus drivers and monitors are "blowing the whistle" on city contractors bent on depriving their workers of a living wage, evading local property taxes, and risking student safety.

CSEA News, August 2010

CSEA News August 2010 Cover Image

The CSEA News is a monthly publication covering a variety of working families' issues, and the latest edition is now available online in a downloadable format.

Preserving Local Public Services

Leslie Gamsjager, Rich Sheila LaMothe

Leslie Gamsjager, Rich and Sheila LaMothe Plan Outreach Efforts in Woodbury

Public service workers in Woodbury are enlisting the support of the residents and businesses they serve to help elected officials make better budget choices.

"Clean Contracting" for Connecticut

Denise Eaton Interview on Bridge Safety

Denise Eaton Shares Concerns Over Bridge Inspections with Channel 8's Viewers

Our Union's advocacy has moved the Department of Transportation to reveal it has wasted millions by outsourcing bridge inspections to private consultants.

Standing Up to Contracting-Out in Our Schools

Pearl Potter Interviewd on Outsourcing

Pearl Potter Tells the Reminder News How Private Contractors Cut Corners on Student Safety

Community allies in Preston have helped show the Board of Education that outsourcing student transportation will actually cost taxpayers more than keeping the district's school bus services local.

Holding Candidates Accountable

Dan Malloy and Nancy Wyman Accept Wins

Dan Malloy and Nancy Wyman Accept their Nominations in the Primary Election

Our efforts to mobilize Union members to "get out the vote" in the 2010 Primary Elections paid off and helped turn races for our endorsed candidates into decisive wins for working families.

Real Retirement Security for All

Dan Malloy Talks to Council 400 Members

Dan Malloy Answers Council 400 Members' Retirement Questions at Our Union Hall

The economic crisis -- and the Wall Street excesses and corporate abuses that drove it -- is the real threat to retirement security for all working families, and gutting public pensions will do nothing to resolve it.

Latest Member Authored Op-Eds

  • ENJOYED WORKING IN WOODBURY
    8/25/2010
    Council 760 member Rich Lamothe's published letter to the editor of Voices News on the management of Woodbury's fiscal affairs, including his own termination after 15 years of providing vital road maintenance services to residents and businesses.
  • STOP PRIVATIZATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY
    8/17/2010
    Council 400 member Win Heimer's published letter to the editor of the Hartford Courant in response to a recent news article that reported on growing calls by some to turn retiree savings over to Wall Street bankers and hedge fund managers.
  • PENSION FUNDS NOT GOING BROKE
    7/26/2010
    Published letter to the editor of the Hartford Courant by Council 400 member Carol Thomas in response to an editorial that relied on a debunked and discredited report by a proponent of replacing public pension plans with private retiree savings accounts.