SENATOR KUSHNER CELEBRATES SENATE PASSAGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR STRIKING WORKERS

Senator Kushner (left) with staff and Senate leadership in front of the vote tally board announcing the passage of Senate Bill 8 on purely partisan lines.

HARTFORD – State Senator Julie Kushner (D-Danbury), who is Senate Chair of the Labor and Public Employees Committee, today celebrated Senate passage of Senate Bill 8, ” AN ACT CONCERNING PROTECTIONS FOR WORKERS AND ENHANCEMENTS TO WORKERS’ RIGHTS,” which seeks to provide unemployment compensation to unionized workers who have been out on strike for more than 14 days.

“Today we took a monumental step forward for middle-class families in Connecticut by seeking to provide them with a modicum of financial support if they’re out on strike for more than two weeks. This is a rare occurrence in Connecticut, but it’s important that when it happens that we’re there for the people who still have bills to pay and mouths to feed. Connecticut now has the opportunity to prove it shares the same values as the people of New York and New Jersey — who have already had this law in place for years — if Governor Lamont signs this bill into law. It’s not a difficult bill, nor a difficult concept, to embrace.”