Today, Senate Democrats held a press conference to highlight their top labor priorities for the 2025 legislative session.

They include – providing unemployment benefits to striking workers and limiting warehouse quotas, both items are contained within SB-8, An Act Concerning Protections for Workers and Enhancements to Workers’ Rights.

My full quote ⬇
“If these items are legislative Democrats’ top priorities, then their priorities are completely out of whack and out of touch. The policies outlined today are the driving force behind why Connecticut continues to lag behind so many other states on important economic indicators. Recent reports show that people are struggling, and the economy is still sluggish with high interest rates and volatility concerns. Democrat policies like are going to keep things status quo. Putting these two disjointed concepts under one bill is disingenuous. Either should have been included in its own standalone bill. The unemployment security trust fund is there for people who are unemployed through no fault of their own. To reward unionized striking workers for going on strike automatically takes the side of Union labor instead of remaining neutral. Additionally, feigning concern over worker safety is just a ruse to hide the true intentions of my Senate Democrat colleagues which would be to force large companies like Amazon to unionize. Attacking production and productivity is not a great message for my Senate Democrat colleagues to be sending. It is not the role of government to step in and interfere with negotiations between an employer and employees. Our job is to ensure that all parties are being treated equally and are operating on a level playing field.”

Senator Sampson added: “Democrat policies like these intend to drive a wedge between employees and employers. Many times, these relationships are amicable and legislative Democrats intentionally get in the middle.”

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