Hartford legislators to their D.C. betters: "hold our beer"

channeling their inner pelosi

Sweeping labor legislation gains final passage, heads to CT governor’s desk

Over 200 pages, 75 sections, nobody had time to sort through it and find all the buried provisions put in by the labor unions and other favored constituencies, but what’s knowledge got to do with it? Besides, we’ll all find out what’s been hidden away once the effects come alive and start whacking us chumps on the head.

The Connecticut Senate gave final passage to H.B. 5003, sweeping labor legislation that would address wage theft in the building trades, job protection of services workers, compensation for workers assaulted on the job, and require companies to present position wage ranges on job applications.

Senators voted 28-7, sending the bill to the governor’s desk for his signature.

It’s difficult to believe that after surviving without them for over 200 years, Connecticut suddenly has a need for 200 pages of new labor laws to be enacted in just one year.