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Clean Contracts In Connecticut

Susan Haigh
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AP
Members of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 478, wear shirts supporting tolls for road funding at a legislative hearing in Hartford in March on whether Connecticut should institute electronic highway tolls.

The AFL-CIO in Connecticut is crying foul over a bill they say would roll back safeguards for clean contracts. The bill was submitted by Democrats on behalf of Governor Lamont. Lawmakers say they neither support nor oppose the bill. But union leaders say it would bring back the bad old days of Governor John Rowland. Our guests: