AFSCME Council 4, one of Connecticut’s largest and most influential public sector unions, took $245,951 in COVID-related employee retention tax credits meant to bolster businesses and organizations that were either forced to close during the pandemic or saw at least a 50 percent decrease in receipts in 2020.
Yet, according to the union’s annual LM2 federal filing, Council 4 saw a $5 million increase in receipts over the course of 2020 and employee pay increased by $1 million from 2019. Union membership remained the same between the two years, as did the number of employees listed on the report.