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UPSEU is committed to being the preeminent organization representing public sector employees by providing professional, on-site representation, superior negotiations, and adherence to democratic principles which maintain the integrity of the union for the benefit of our members and their families.

What's New at UPSEU

UPSEU Paves the Way: Twin Paths to Prosperity Forged in Brookfield

Between March and April 2022, after long negotiations filled with frustrating delays, two separate Brookfield Board of Education bargaining units, the Brookfield BOE Nurses and Brookfield BOE Secretaries/Technical Employees, successfully concluded negotiations in mediation. Read More...

UPSEU Secures Best Financial Contract for POSA Since its Inception in 1970

From the onset of the Paraeducators of Stamford Association (POSA) contract negotiations, which began in April 2022, UPSEU made clear that during the course of these negotiations with respect to the financial components of a new contract on behalf of our membership, a transformative agreement would be secured. Read More...

New Contract Overwhelmingly Approved by Southington BOE Paraeducators/ABA's/EL Tutors

In June 2022, the Southington BOE Paraeducators/ABA’s/EL Tutors bargaining unit, which consists of approximately 300 members, voted by an overwhelming majority to approve the Tentative Agreement for a successor contract. Read More...

Brookfield Paraeducators Vote UNANIMOUSLY to Leave CSEA/SEIU and Join UPSEU

On May 18, 2021, as a result of a secret ballot election conducted by the Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations (CSBLR), the Brookfield Paraeducators unanimously voted to leave CSEA/SEIU and join UPSEU. Read More...

Tree Works Crew at Hamden DPW Receive Approximately $1,000 Per Person in Back Pay for Outsourced Work

Following tornadic activity in the summer of 2020, the Town of Hamden chose to outsource various clean-up projects in the following weeks at its schools and golf course to a private contractor, despite the availability of bargaining unit personnel in the Public Works Department who could have performed the work quickly, efficiently, and at a lower cost. Read More...

Stamford BOE Parent Facilitators Join the UPSEU Family

The labor movement continues to be alive and strong in Connecticut and perhaps there is no better example of this than UPSEU’s recent organization of twenty-two Parent Facilitators, employed by the Stamford Board of Education. Read More...