The Hartford Courant
HARTFORD, Conn. — Unionized prison guards, judicial marshals and other state workers are planning a large rally at the Capitol on Tuesday.
The rally comes on the same day lawmakers are scheduled to convene for vote on a measure to close a gap in the current budget.
“We are the individuals who protect Connecticut citizens,” said Charles DellaRocco, a state Supreme Court police officer and President of AFSCME Local 749. “We ensure that there is order at our correctional institutions and courthouses, our state parks and college campuses. We monitor the compliance of law offenders upon release from prison.”
The rally will begin at 10:30 a.m. on the north steps of the Capitol. Afterward, the employees will head into the building to lobby lawmakers.
Based largely on an unexpectedly sharp drop in tax collections in a still-sluggish economy, the state faces shortfalls of $220 million this year and nearly $900 million next year.
The administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has proposed tens of millions of dollars in cuts, as well as layoffs
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