Union Coalition Sides With Anthem In Contract Dispute

HARTFORD, CT — It’s not often Connecticut’s labor unions side with an insurance giant, but that’s what’s happening in the stalemate between Hartford Healthcare and Anthem Health Plans.

The State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition wrote Joseph Elliott, the president of Hartford Healthcare, Friday to let him know they don’t appreciate being used as “leverage” in the contract dispute with Anthem.

“We would not normally take sides in a battle between two large corporate entities, and might have resisted doing so, even though all of the publicly reported facts suggest that Hartford Healthcare’s position in this contract dispute has been unreasonable,” Dan Livingston, an attorney and chief negotiator for the coalition of 45,000 state employees and 25,000 retirees, wrote.

Hartford Healthcare maintained that it’s been negotiating in good faith with the insurance company.

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