tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post1560259168617178304..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: Do I Dare Disturb The Universe: Cutting YelminiDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-62570234154424219892015-05-07T13:31:38.414-04:002015-05-07T13:31:38.414-04:00The Yelmin layoff is still beyond my comprehension...The Yelmin layoff is still beyond my comprehension. It doesn't appear that the woman brought in to replace her is notably more pro-labor. As Ms. Yelmin said back in 2003, the Governor can lay people off, but rationality and openness in management are preferred by the shareholders. <br />-----------------<br />“If they lay off the wrong people, it could cost the state a lot of money,” said Dan Livingston, chief negotiator for the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition. SEBAC negotiates health and pension benefits for the 13 state employee unions and 31 bargaining units.<br /><br />Livingston claims too many contract violations have been made in recent weeks to count.<br /><br />Admitting some mistakes have been made, state officials disagree that large numbers of workers have been wrongly laid off and could someday return to their jobs with hefty amounts of back pay. They are unfazed by the flurry of labor grievances expected in the coming weeks.<br /><br />Linda Yelmini, director of the state Office of Labor Relations, said a similar tactic was taken by unions in 1991, when former Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. laid off about 1,400 people.<br /><br />In the end, she said, most were settled and only a few went before an independent arbitrator.<br /><br />“The governor has the right to lay people off,” Yelmini said.<br /><br />http://blog.ctnews.com/politicalcapitol/2011/06/28/layoffs-not-as-simple-as-issuing-pink-slips/<br />-=-------------<br />Lisa Grasso Egan will be the Malloy administration’s new labor lawyer, according to an announcement released late last week.<br /><br />Attorney Egan’s on-line professional biography brags,<br /><br />“Ms. Egan has successfully defended employers in numerous litigation matters brought by discharged employees whose claims have included wrongful termination, First Amendment retaliation, and discrimination.”<br />https://jonathanpelto.com/category/linda-yelmini/peter brushnoreply@blogger.com