For people with intellectual
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The Arc of Connecticut was instrumental in the closing of Mansfield Training School in 1990.
LEGISLATIVE REPORT: July 23, 2011
BUDGET
Late last night Governor Malloy announced a clarified tentative agreement with the state labor unions that rescinds all of the layoff notices given out over the past three weeks and rolls back the raises that went into effect July 1, but it will be up to the individual unions to vote on the agreement. Some say the vote will not take as long as the previous vote because there are not many changes. There were only 11 sections of the agreement that changed. Read them here.
Highlights include:
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Issue of voluntary versus mandatory SustiNet participation. Sources say the two sides are estimating enough state employees will enroll in the program to achieve the $205 million over the next two years in savings.
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The requirement that all prescriptions be done through mail-order stayed the same and was not removed from the agreement.
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The wage increase employees were expecting to see in their checks July 29 will cease upon ratification of the agreement and for members who earned their top-step bonus on July 1, the money received will be repaid in equal payments over the 23 pay periods following ratification.
Now, only 8 of the 15 unions and 50 percent of the voting members will be needed to win ratification.
It is still unclear if the massive cuts made to state agencies will be kept if the members vote to ratify.
I will keep you posted on the voting process.
Leslie M. Simoes, Interim Executive Director