State Employee News & Updates

This site is intended to provide state employee union-specific news and information from the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC), including updates on the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on state employees. 

Latest Resources/Information:

Update on Pandemic Pay (10/5/22)

Coalition Bargaining Results In Guidelines To Assist Local Tables (2/11/22)

SEBAC Updates on Mandatory COVID Vaccine and Testing (1/21/22)

SEBAC Wins Telework Arbitration (12/28/21)

Joint Statement on Telework Policy Starting 1/1/2022

SEBAC Updates on Coalition Bargaining on Core Issues (11/17/21)

Coalition Unions to Bargain Core Issues Together (10/6/21)

Frontline Public Service Employees Request Extension of Vaccine Compliance Deadline for State Workforce (10/1/21)

SEBAC Impact Bargaining Update on EO-13G (9/23/2021)

SEBAC Impact Bargaining Update on EO-13F and EO-13G - 9/20/2021

SEBAC Statement on Impact Bargaining over Mandates (Sept. 2021)

State Union Coalition Responds to Gov's Executive Orders (Sept 2021)

Report: Austerity vs. Investment: The Faces Behind State Service (March 2021)

COVID-19 Vaccine - What YOU Should Know! (Feb. 2021)

Administration Missing Opportunity For Genuine Front Line State Worker Input (Dec. 2020)

SEBAC Responds to the Governor's Age-Based Vaccine Rollout (Feb 2021)

SEBAC Responds to the Governor's Budget (Feb 2021)

  • Click here for the press release and video on our second union coalition ad buy calling on legislators and the governor to tax the rich. (Oct. 2020)
  • Click here for the coalition's Q&A for state employees on the upcoming open enrollment for medical and prescription coverage. (Sept. 4, 2020)

Click here for the coalition's press release and video on a labor coalition ad campaign calling for a "people's recovery." (Sept. 4, 2020)

Click here for updated OPM/DAS guidance regarding absences, requests for telework and/or changes in work schedules due to COVID-19 (Aug. 12, 2020)

Click here to read the coalition's statement on Gov. Lamont's executive order on presumptive workers' compensation coverage. (July 24, 2020)

Click here for the coalition's statement regarding state employee raises that gointo effect July 1. (June 22,  2020)

Click here for the coalition's agreement with the Lamont Administration on mandatory COVID-19 testing (Jun. 15, 2020).

Click here for the coalition's agreement with the Lamont Administration on mandatory COVID-19 testing (Jun. 15, 2020).

Click here for the coalition’s agreement with the administration on returning to work (June 15, 2020).

Click here for the coalition's update on protecting members' gains (Jun. 9, 2020).

Click here for an update on Pre-Retirement Limited Durable Power of Attorney (May 14, 2020).

Click here to respond to lawmakers' attempts to exploit the pandemic to undermine union contracts (May 12, 2020). *

Click here for the coalition update on leaders' May 5 meeting with the Lamont Administration (May 9, 2020).

Click here for the coalition's response to a legislative leader's push for more givebacks (Apr. 23, 2020).).

Click here for the latest SEBAC analysis, OPM/DAS guidelines and new housing protocols. (April 14, 2020) 

Click here for the official Judicial Branch website's COVID-19 updates page (Apr. 6, 2020).

Click here for the SEBAC Leadership Statement on the Administration's Response (March 26, 2020).

Click here to watch a video message on keeping state employees healthy (Mar. 20, 2020).

Click here for the official state COVID-19 website's state employees resources page (Mar. 19, 2020).

Click here for our national AFSCME union's COVID-19 resources for union members (Ongoing).

* Targets lawmakers in the State House of Representatives’ Republican caucus.