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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut Senate approves four-year UConn graduate employee labor agreement increasing stipends and fees
Last action · April 29, 2026: Adopted, SenateSponsor: Martin Looney
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What This Bill Does
The Connecticut Senate approved a four-year collective bargaining agreement between the University of Connecticut and Graduate Employee Union Local 6950, raising graduate assistant stipends and per-credit rates by 4.5% in FY 27 and FY 28, 4.25% in FY 29, and 3.85% in FY 30. The agreement runs from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2030, resulting in net operating costs to the university ranging from $3.2 million in the first year to $12.7 million in the final year.
Graduate assistants at the university receive scheduled wage increases alongside higher health insurance premium contributions and increased fee credits over a four-year period.
Who It Affects
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The University of Connecticut
The university incurs net operating costs ranging from $3.2 million to $12.7 million over four years and realizes healthcare savings from increased cost sharing.
Graduate Employee Union Local 6950
Represented graduate employees receive scheduled wage and stipend increases, fee credit adjustments, and changes to health insurance premium shares and childcare pool funding.
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Current status: signed.
Procedural history
11 actions- Apr 29, 2026SenateFloorAdopted, Senate
- Apr 22, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 712
- Apr 22, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 451
- Apr 22, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 22, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Apr 20, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/27/26 12:00 PM
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- Apr 20, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Apr 20, 2026SenateSenate Favorable
- Apr 16, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 04/20
- Apr 10, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Appropriations
- Apr 7, 2026SenateFiled with Senate Clerks
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