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Responding to Governor Rell's Veto

Latest SEBAC TV Ad Calls for Revenue Solutions to the Budget Defict


The unions in the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) are delivering a hard-hitting response to the Governor's veto of a state budget that would have asked those most able to pay to step up and help solve the economic crisis while preserving vital services.

Visit InThisTogetherCT.org to learn more about the campaign for a fair budget and a livable state with great public services.

Preserving Local Public Services

Maureen Hulse Speaks to Ridgefield BOE

Maureen Hulse Urges the Ridgefield Board of Ed Not to Lower Food Service Standards

Municipal Division members are standing up to elected leaders who are balancing their budgets on the backs of workers to solve this economic crisis.

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Solving Our Economic Crisis without Sacrificing Services

Cathy Osten Speaks Out at BESB on Budget

Cathy Osten Called for a Fair Budget that Protects Services at BESB in June

After State workers have stepped-up to help Connecticut weather the storm, we're asking elected officials to ensure there is real "shared" sacrifice.

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Healthcare "Pooling" Works!

SEIU 09 Healthcare Campaign Image

2009 is our opportunity to solve the nation's healthcare crisis, and join with community allies to make quality, affordable healthcare for all reality!

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Empowering Paras to Raise Standards

Sterling School Paras Speak Out to BOE

Sterling School Paras Urge their Board of Ed to Invest in their Workers

Our members are standing up to opinion leaders who oppose supporting the public school workforce and decision makers who refuse investing in quality education for the students they serve.

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Standing Up to Contracting-Out in Our Schools

Deborah Dubord Speaks to Windham BOE

Deborah Dubord Spoke Out Against Outsourcing Windham's Food Services

Sign and circulate our petition to oppose the Windham Board of Ed's scheme to outsource school food services.

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Hartford's Workers United for Quality Services

Chapter 848 Bargaining Team Members

Our Chapter's Bargaining Team Has Been Negotiating a New Contract Since March

Leaders of our Chapter representing City workers and the Perez Administration have agreed on a framework for cost-savings and job security.

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Building a Stronger Union

Mike O'Brien Swears-In New Exec Council

Former President Mike O'Brien Swearing-In New Executive Council Members

Download the latest dues update leaflet mailed to Municipal Division members, and a chart with cities, towns, and schools employees' new rates.

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Connecting Members to Lawmakers

CSPCOA Members and House Speaker Donovan

Leaders Meeting with House Speaker Donovan on Impact of Cuts to State Police

Now that the 2009 legislative session is over, there is still critical work to be done to move elected officials to pass a budget that preserves local and state public services.

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Ending the DOT's "Culture of Fear"

Kevin Ng Stephen Livingston & Rep Murphy

Kevin Ng and Stephen Livingston Urge Rep. Murphy to Support Federal Reform

P-4 Council members again represented our Union at this year's NASHTU Conference in Washington, DC and delivered our message of reform.

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Latest Member Authored Op-Eds

  • BAD IDEAS PRESENTED IN SCHOOL SPENDING PIECE
    6/27/2009
    Paraprofessional Council leader Jaime Berger’s published response to Yankee Institute Executive Director Lewis Andrews' recent commentary in the New London Day which recommended reckless outsourcing of public school services.
  • SCHOOL WORKERS WORTH EVERY CENT
    6/5/2009
    Letter by P-4 Council member Dawn McKay, published in the Journal Inquirer, in which she responds to unfair criticism of public education employees by Federation of Taxpayers Organizations President Susan Kniep in a recent article on the economic crisis.
  • TOWN CRIER OR CHICKEN LITTLE?
    5/6/2009
    P-4 Council member Lynn Coda-Klein's published letter to the editor of the Journal Inquirer in response to a commentary criticizing the recent cost savings agreement State public service workers reached with the Rell Administration.