Statewide Teachers' Union Affiliate Agrees To Concessions In Guilford -- Courant.com

Statewide Teachers' Union Agrees To Concessions or not ?-- Courant.com


The union represents more than 35,000 of Connecticut's roughly 50,000 teachers, and its contracts typically have an enormous effect on local taxes: Education is the biggest part of municipal spending, and teachers' salaries and benefits drive school spending.Teacher concessions became a divisive issue this month.

Job losses, benefit rollbacks and pay cuts in the private sector, taxpayers and town boards have been passing budgets on the first vote: Canton, Southington, Enfield, Vernon, Suffield, Portland and Westbrook all adopted budgets last week, and New Milford, Wallingford, Hamden, Clinton, Plainville, Branford and Salem approved plans recently.But some of those communities are still banking on getting concessions from workers or resorting to layoffs.

Nearly all towns and cities so far are putting forward budgets with little or no increase and, in a few cases, spending is actually scheduled to drop when the new fiscal year starts July 1.

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