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APPROVED March 28, 2024 Ratification vote for 2024-2025 wage reopener/tentative agreement

Results are in!

2024 Wage reopener Ratification vote

Sisters and Brothers,

Spring Juvenile Detention Newsletter

Local 749's SPRING Juvenile Detention Newsletter is out. Read All About It! 

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Attention Court Monitors: Letter From Your President Regarding Tentative Agreement

We are proud to announce a Tentative Agreement between A.F.S.C.M.E Local 749 and The State of Connecticut Judicial Branch regarding Court Recording Monitors. This agreement has been an ongoing issue for over a decade. Both the Union and the Branch worked hard and came to a resolution that benefits our members for years to come.

Click here to read the Tentative Agreement.

For The Record: Court Recording Monitor Devoted To Helping Others

Before the invention of the printing press, spanning the millennia from ancient Egypt until the Middle Ages, the taking of dictation and keeping of judicial and historical records was the honored and skilled occupation performed by scribes. Over the years the profession developed into today’s public servant known as the court recording monitor.

The evolution of the profession is not lost on Sabrina Agbede. Working as a Judicial Branch court monitor for the past 22 years, she is a self-proclaimed “present-day scribe.”

Local 749 Nomination & Election Notice

January 25, 2021: Nominations Officially Closed
Nominations officially closed on January 22, 2021.

Kathy Rodriguez has been nominated for the position of trustee.

There was no nomination for the position of South Central Vice President.

Court Recording Monitors: Fill Out Your Union Survey

Dear Local 749 Court Recording Monitors,

As we enter contract negotations, a union committee comprised of your fellow Court Recording Monitors has crafted a survey that addresses some of the issues we are trying to resolve with the employer. We have emailed the survey to you on Dec. 22, 2020.

Judicial Branch Unions Raise Concerns as COVID-19 Surge Impacts Court System

Dec. 17, 2020 -- With COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) cases spiking, leaders of the unions representing nearly 4,000 frontline Connecticut Judicial Branch employees are calling out administrators for refusing to address workplace health and safety concerns. 

Local 749 Update on Return To Work Principles

Sisters and Brothers,

I want thank you for the hard work that you do.

AFSCME Local 749 is working hard to ensure the Judicial Branch and Division of Criminal Justice are following the Return to Work Principles. It is a challenging time with the increase in positive notifications across the state and in the Judicial Branch.

Juvenile Detention Officer Is Devoted to Youth, Community, and Co-Workers

Albert Einstein once said, “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”

Juvenile Detention Officer Bernard Bailey of AFSCME Local 749 (State Judicial Employees and Criminal Justice Employees Bargaining Unit), is proving the wisdom of that maxim through his work on the job and in the community.

Local 749 Contract Survey Available

Dear AFSCME Local 749 Members,

The Contract Committee for Local 749 will be entering Contract Negotiations with The Judicial Branch and Division of Criminal Justice to bargain a successor agreement to the current one that expires June 30, 2021.

Our Commitee seeking suggestions from our membership to be included in proposals. Please list in order of importance the areas and or specific Contract Provisions/Language to be addressed in this contract.