Before he took the oath of office in January 2011, Governor Dannel Malloy reached out to Connecticut's state workers for help with closing an anticipated record budget gap. Months of discussions over how to achieve cost savings while preserving public services between leaders of the unions in the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) and his administration followed.

In July, union leaders and the governor's representatives reached a revised tentative agreement (TA) to save costs, increase efficiencies, and maintain services. The package brought back to state workers for ratification provided four years of protection from layoffs and an extension of their healthcare and retirement benefits for 11 more years, through 2022.

When the ballots were counted on August 17, Police Inspectors Council members had ratified the agreement with:
57 voting YES; and
10 voting NO.

The next day, rank-and-file state employees announced that an overwhelming majority of union members had voted yes to take charge of their future for themselves and the public they serve.