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Agreement will continue efforts to protect and expand our communities’ access to stable, reliable public safety, health, education and additional services

[Hartford, CT] - The favorable votes by the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee on the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) Reopener

Tier IV Plan Update

The risk-sharing provision of the Tier IV pension plan – which covers most state employees hired after 7/31/2017 – was implemented for the fi

Public Student Loan Forgiveness - Deadline Approaching

Last year, the U.S. Department of Education announced an overhaul of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. SEBAC members have been vocal in the fight to make post-secondary education more affordable and accessible, so we were thrilled to find that the program will result in over 550,000 borrowers who have previously consolidated seeing an increase in qualifying payments with the average borrower receiving another two years of progress toward forgiveness. 

PANDEMIC PAY UPDATE FOR SEBAC MEMBERS

Frontline essential state workers sacrificed their health and safety throughout COVID-19 to ensure that the critical public services our 3.6 million Connecticut residents rely on remained accessible.

While Connecticut can never fully repay frontline essential workers -- private, municipal and state --it can certainly take a step to respect these workers. Pandemic pay is that step.

State Employees Respond to Recruiting, Retention & Connecticut’s Public Service Crisis

State Employees Respond to Recruiting, Retention & Connecticut’s Public Service Crisis
With over 4,400 retirements in 2022, critical public services are at risk without immediate intervention to address the “Silver Tsunami” by Governor Lamont, administrative department leadership

Announcement: New Medicare Advantage Administrator

SEBAC leaders  and Health Care Cost Containment Committee (HCCCC) members Jody Barr (Executive Director, AFSCME Council 4) and Carl Chisem (President, CEUI Local 511) joined Governor Ned Lamont and State Comptroller Natalie Braswell at a press conference on May 31st to announce that Aetna has been selected as the new Medicare Advantage administrator for the state health plan following an in depth request for proposal (RFP) process. 

Member Update: Pandemic Pay

Frontline essential state workers sacrificed their health and safety throughout COVID-19 to ensure that the critical public services our 3.6 million Connecticut residents rely on remained accessible.

While the state can never fully repay frontline essential workers - private, municipal and state- the state can certainly take a step to respect these workers. Pandemic pay is that step.

General Assembly Approves SEBAC Agreement

Historic SEBAC Agreement is Voted Favorably Out of the Senate Floor
Contracts will ensure Connecticut communities’ access to stable, reliable public safety, health, education and additional services

SEBAC Statement on the Passing of S. Fae Brown-Brewton

The Coalition would like to express its deepest sympathies to the family and colleagues of the late Undersecretary for Labor Relations, S. Fae Brown-Brewton, who passed away Monday night. While Fae could be a fierce and fearless advocate on the management side of the table, she believed, as Dr.

Historic SEBAC Agreement is Filed with the State Legislature

Contracts will ensure Connecticut communities’ access to stable, reliable public safety, health, education, and additional services