NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration had not yet formally agreed Wednesday to a request from state employee union leaders to restart talks after a union savings and concessions deal failed. The governor said he first needs to know how they now plan to pass an agreement.
Asked if he'd be willing to have his chief labor negotiator talk with the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition, he unenthusiastically responded, "I suppose."
But the Democratic governor said he's currently pressing ahead with plans to lay off approximately 6,500 state employees and make the wide-ranging budget cuts that are needed to balance the new, two-year, $40.1 billion state budget without the anticipated $1.6 billion in labor savings.
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