LABOR RALLY TO BE HELD:
Thursday, Sept. 21
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
State Capitol Building
The General Assembly passed a budget which is hositle to state employees. We are urging the Governor to veto this egregious legislation. Organized labor is holding a rally at the State Capitol to urge Governor Malloy honor his pledge to veto the budget recently passed by the General Assembly.
A&R has signed a new lease agreement to maintain our current location at 805 Brook St, Rocky Hill for 7 more years (yes, it has already been 7 years since we moved to this location from North Mountain Rd in Newington). We negotiated a new cost sheet for our lease which will lower our lease well below our current costs and in fact will still cost less every year for the next 7 years than what we are paying now! The current location is a class A rental property, it is well maintained, has plenty of space, has the ability to seat over 75 people in our conference room and has plenty of pa
We are in the process of resuming negotiations. To that end, we have scheduled our next bargaining session for Friday, January 24th.
Please be assured that your Negotiating Team will be focused on the issues you have identified as priorities during the bargaining process.
10/8/2017 Foxwoods Casino Trip (see flyer)
10/21/2017 Bronx Zoo Trip (see flyer)
11/2/2017 Habitat for Humanity Build (details and registration have not yet been provided. Attendees will need to use PL or Vacation for the day.
11/3/17 Professional Development at Water's Edge (this is tentative scheduled as final OLR approval is still pending. There will be a registration form available once approval is granted. Attendees can utilize one of their 10 days of Professional Development Leave.
11/10/2017 Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular (see flyer)
12/1/2017 A&R Annual Holiday Party at the Aquaturf (see flyer)
12/2/2017 New York City Do Your Own Thing (see flyer)
The entire state has been declared a disaster area. That means that you have a variety of ways to obtain assistance, NO MATTER WHAT COUNTY YOU LIVE IN.
Any P-5 employee may substitute any and all designated furlough days with any other day or days to be served not later than June 30, 2018. Individual requests shall be granted or denied subject to agency operational needs.
We have confirmed with OLR that the above agreed to language has been dissmenitated to the HR departments of the various agencies.
- posted 10/13
Looking for a position that requires the skills of an advocate, educator, and organizer?
Applicants for a union steward position should send: (1) a cover letter; (2) a résumé; and (3) the names of two A&R members in the applicant’s agency who will serve as character references.
Please send your application either by email to plamb@andr.org or by mail, attention Patrick Lamb, Chief Steward at A&R, 805 Brook Street, Rocky Hill, CT 06067.
