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The Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection gave a $100,000 contract to a private IT firm last August, violating state rules according to an investigation by a Connecticut Contracting Standards Board subcommittee.
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Orsted said they would invoke part of a harbor development agreement to handle the time-sensitive loadout of the wind turbine parts for their South Fork Wind project in New York. Their turbine supplier will handle the loadout until State Pier union members return to work in New London.
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Members of the International Longshoremen Association began their strike at the State Pier in New London, Connecticut on Monday. The union says Orsted is ignoring their jurisdiction by giving jobs to their own workers.
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It was part of a day of protests at ports across the world, spearheaded by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and its New London chapter.
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A union representing train inspectors plans to strike after years of contract negotiations with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. That could disrupt tens of thousands of New York and Connecticut commuters this fall.
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Members of a union lay down in the Connecticut Legislative Office Building to protest challenges in obtaining a stipend for health coverage.
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The Connecticut Attorney General’s Office is planning to take the unusual step of going to court to remove a labor union as the distributor of a fund designed to help Sandy Hook shooting first responders and teachers.
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According to federal and local authorities, 11 former high-ranking union officials, most from Long Island, have pleaded guilty to receiving bribes from a construction contractor.
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A union representing about a dozen farm workers and their supporters protested outside of Pindar Vineyards’s outlet store in Port Jefferson over the weekend. They want to pressure winery owners to negotiate a contract with their union.
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A coalition led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued Connecticut, saying its ban on "captive audience" meetings is preempted by federal labor law.