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Hearing planned in lawsuit against Conn. governor

Opponents to unionization of certain daycare and personal care workers are going to court after Connecticut lawmakers sent legislation to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy allowing the employees to collectively bargain over wages and benefits.

By Associated Press | Updated on May 07, 2012

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Opponents to unionization of certain daycare and personal care workers are going to court after Connecticut lawmakers sent legislation to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy allowing the employees to collectively bargain over wages and benefits.

Fergus Cullen, executive director of the Yankee Institute conservative think tank, said the legislation does not affect the institute’s lawsuit challenging the legality of an executive order signed by Malloy last year. It created a process for the workers who are paid through the state’s Medicaid program, to select a union to represent them in non-binding talks with the Department of Social Services.

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