‘Recovery for all’ rally outside state capitol Monday evening demands restructuring taxes to better serve public sector
Hundreds of immigrants, long-term health care workers, teachers and students from across the state surrounded the steps of the state
The Tax Day rally, hosted by the coalition Recovery for All, called for
State Reps.
“There’s a debate going on inside that building behind me, it’s a debate involving two very different perspectives. One is the view that Connecticut’s economy is like a wound-spring, it’s going to bounce back very soon and we’ll be back to where we were. For too many families in the state, being back to where they were, has never been that good,” Fonfara said.
He acknowledged the Lamont administration’s plan to invest in education, mental and public health, criminal justice and workforce development over the next two years, using approximately
“But, that administration would have you believe these needs have been created by COVID-19, but we know they existed long before COVID and will exist long after COVID has passed.”
Workers gathered with their respected unions, including SEIU 1199, the
“We’re immigrants but we’re also people in this state, paying taxes, working for everyone, working for our kids, our parents, our schools, our hospitals,”
“No organization has the obligation to help us, but the government does. ... If we get sick, they just say ‘don’t come to work’ but we have to if we don’t want to lose our jobs. ... Domestic workers just want to be recognized and protected. We want sick days, pregnancy leave, we want medical security.”
Just last Thursday SEIU 1199, the union that represents nursing home, group home and long term care takers, saw a small win after reaching a deal with Lamont to avoid a planned strike. For almost over a year, the union had advocated for what they call the “Long-term Care Takers Bill of Rights,” which demanded a pathway to
The governor and union negotiators came to an agreement to raise pay, over the next four years, for certified nursing assistants that start from
Members still plan to strike on
“Imagine 25 years I’ve given up of my life, I got about five or 10 more because I’m 55, and I can’t retire at 60. I can’t retire at 65. I have to keep on marching,” Brown said. “[Lamont] has to do the right thing. Recovery for all.”
The crowd broke out into “Recovery for all,” chants as more speakers took the microphone and made their demands for a little over an hour.
“You [Lamont] can invest in communities, particularly communities of color that have been disinvested in for decades,” Fonfara said. “In skill development, in housing and neighborhood infrastructure, so that families do better. As they do better, they won’t have to move away. You can invest in people who work hard and are important although their paychecks say otherwise. You can invest in growing an economy so that our young don’t have to leave the state to have their dreams become reality.”
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