Embattled Connecticut Dem Gov Candidate Dan Drew Faces Union Grievance For Preventing A Raise For A City Employee

Still dealing with the fallout of his scandalous attempt to shake down municipal employees – including firefighters and police officers – for campaign cash, embattled Democrat Middletown Mayor Dan Drew is facing yet another scandal that threatens to further derail his struggling gubernatorial bid in Connecticut. A Middletown city employee has filed a union grievance alleging that Drew personally intervened to stop her from receiving a raise, claiming she was treated unfairly. The employee’s claim was supported by her union, which stated that she made a “compelling case” in her review but still did not receive a pay raise.

First Drew attempted to intimidate city workers into donating money to his campaign, now he’s facing an accusation of personally intervening to stop a municipal employee from getting a raise. If this is how Drew treats the people under his own employ as Mayor of Middletown, he clearly cannot be trusted to look out for Connecticut workers as governor.

The Hartford Courant reports:

“A city employee who recently filed a grievance over the job description review process has also filed a complaint accusing Mayor Daniel Drew of personally intervening.

Michele DiMauro, human resources manager for the school district, filed the complaint last week with the city’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management and provided copies to the majority leader and minority leader on the common council.

DiMauro said she has been treated unfairly in the city’s process to review and update job descriptions, which resulted in pay increases for three other employees but didn’t recommend an upgrade for her job description.

According to the latest complaint, she also believes the mayor’s interference was a reason she didn’t get a raise.

‘It has come to her attention that the mayor has made specific disparaging comments about her and has involved himself in the labor management process,’ said management union President Geen Thazhampallath.

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The union grievance filed in November accuses the city of gender discrimination, contesting the difference in pay between DiMauro and city hall HR director Thomas Tokarz. The union said the jobs are substantially the same, but city General Counsel Brigham Smith said the jobs aren’t comparable despite their similar name…

Thazhampallath said DiMauro ‘followed the contractually laid-out process and made a compelling case’ that was supported by the participants in the labor management study, but still did not receive a pay increase.”