Some members of the legislature’s Appropriations Committee criticized a contract recently ratified by union members of the UConn Professional Employees Association (UCPEA) before voting on the agreement. While the majority of House members voted in favor, Senate members deadlocked, meaning that it failed to receive full approval.

Governor Malloy has since expressed publicly that he does not support the contract, and questioned its impact on the state budget. Worse, he has urged legislative leaders call the contract for floor votes in both chambers of the General Assembly, breaking with nearly 20 years of past practice.

Rejecting a negotiated agreement would send the message to all union members that lawmakers do not honor collective bargaining – a sacred tenet of our labor movement.

Send a brief email to your legislators urging they respect the collective bargaining process and support a mutually agreed upon contract.