Our SJM Council Contract

Our SJM Council Contract

Tentative Agreements and Contracts

SJM Council Members Observed the SEBAC 2011 Tentative Agreement Ballot Count After All the Votes Were Cast at the Union Hall on June 21

After remarkably quick negotiations with the Judicial Branch, our Council's bargaining team reached a tentative agreement in early-2008 on a new four-year contract. The Branch's Director of Human Resources joined our members in testifying in favor of the agreement in front of the General Assembly's Appropriations Committee a year later, and the contract was in force before the previous contract had expired.

In 2009, State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) leaders and the administration of Governor M. Jodi negotiated an agreement on labor cost-savings and job security. Our Council ratified an extended bargaining unit contract and the agreement with benefits governed by SEBAC authority, which are linked below.

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 SEBAC and his administration followed.

On May 13, SEBAC leaders and the governor's representatives reached agreement on a framework for saving taxpayers money, increasing efficiencies, and maintaining vital services. The tentative agreement (TA) produced two weeks later also provides union members with four years of protection from layoffs and an extension of their healthcare and retirement benefits for another five years beyond 2017.

Relevant documents for the SEBAC 2011 TA provided to Council members and further resources are linked below.

When the ballots were counted following an informational meeting on June 21, 66% of participating SJM Council members had ratified the agreement, with:

23 members voting in support; and
12 members voting in opposition.

With voting results in from the SEBAC member-unions, the finall tally was: 57% of union members and 11 out of 15 member-unions supported the tentative agreement. However, the overall results did not meet the high threshold of the SEBAC by-laws, and the TA thereby failed to be ratified. SEBAC leadership has continued to meet, as well as talk with the Malloy Administration, and reached a revised tentative agreement with the Malloy Aministration. The CSEA SEIU Local 2001 schedule for voting on the Revised Tentative Agreement is posted on our website's Home Page.