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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-91 (2025)

Membership of board; appointment; officers

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There shall be, in the Labor Department, a Board of Mediation and Arbitration, consisting of two panels of three members each. One member of each panel of said board shall represent employers of labor, one shall represent employees and one shall represent the public in general. No such public member shall have been the representative of any employer or employee in a labor dispute during the five years immediately preceding the year of his appointment. One of the public members of said board shall be the chairman. Each member representing employees shall be a member of a bona fide labor organization, which may be either a national or an independent organization, but said two board members shall not be members of the same labor organization. On or before July fifteenth in the odd-numbered years, the Governor shall appoint two members of said board to succeed the members whose terms expire. The term of office for the members of said board shall be six years. The members so appointed shall have power to complete any matter pending at the expiration of the terms for which they were appointed. The board shall choose a public member as deputy chairman to serve in case of the death, removal, incapacity or absence of the chairman. Any vacancy in the membership of said board shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term. Any member of the board may be removed by the Governor for cause or for the good of the service, but only after notice and public hearing upon charges preferred and subject to the right of appeal to the Superior Court. A vacancy in the membership for any cause shall be filled by the Governor within thirty days of the date of its occurrence.

(1949 Rev., S. 7379; 1949, S. 3022d; 1957, P.A. 427, S. 1; P.A. 75-230; P.A. 85-62, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 75-230 prohibited public members from serving on board if they have represented employers or employees in a labor dispute within five years preceding their appointment; P.A. 85-62 provided that any member shall have the authority to continue any matter pending at the time his term expires.

See Sec. 4-9a for definition of “public member”.

Cited. 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613.

Cited. 9 CA 260.

Cited. 40 CS 365.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1976–2006 · leading case: City of Milford v. Local 1566, 510 A.2d 177 (Conn. 1986).
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City of Milford v. Local 1566, 510 A.2d 177 (Conn. 1986). · cites it 9× “Under General Statutes §§ 31-91 through 31-100, the board is given the broad responsibility of helping to resolve labor disputes.”
State Bd. of Labor Relations v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 709 A.2d 1129 (Conn. 1998). · cites it 4× “In its appeals to this court, the commission claims that the Appellate Court improperly concluded that grievance arbitration proceedings conducted by the mediation board pursuant to General Statutes § 31-91 et seq. are not public meetings within the meaning of § l-18a (b) 11…”
Local 530, AFSCME, Council 15 v. City of New Haven, 518 A.2d 941 (Conn. App. Ct. 1986). · cites it 4× “See General Statutes §§ 31-91 and 31-92. 3 When an alternate mem *264 ber serves on a panel in place of a member, he is required to represent the same interest as the member in whose place he serves.”
Bd. of Police Commissioners v. Maher, 370 A.2d 1076 (Conn. 1976). · cites it 2× “Notwithstanding this conclusion, the court did find, contrary to the plaintiffs’ claims, that the union contract with the city of New Haven does confer on the defendant board of mediation and arbitration the authority to arbitrate grievances concerning disciplinary action…”
North Haven Ass'n of Educ. Support Staff v. Bd. of Educ., 550 A.2d 1077 (Conn. 1988). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 31-91 et seq.; Regs., Conn.”
Town of Stratford v. Council 15, Local 407, 490 A.2d 1021 (Conn. App. Ct. 1985). · cites it 2× “With regard to Stratford’s claim that the arbitrators’ failure to take the oath required by General Statutes § 52-414 (d) voids their award, we conclude that the trial court was correct in holding that the members of the board are not required to comply with that requirement.”
Perkowski v. Stratford Bd. of Educ., 455 F. Supp. 2d 91 (D. Conn. 2006). “2d 177 (1986) (“[t]he [State Mediation Board] members are independently authorized under General Statutes § § 31-91 through 31-100 to arbitrate labor disputes and render awards,” and failure of some board members to take oath in accordance with another statutory directive…”
State Bd. of Labor Relations v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 682 A.2d 1068 (Conn. App. Ct. 1996). · cites it 2× “*137 I The FOIC first claims that the trial court improperly determined that grievance arbitration proceedings conducted by the mediation board, pursuant to General Statutes § 31-91 et seq., are not public meetings within the meaning of the act and are, therefore, not governed…”
Hous. Auth. v. Peraro, 509 A.2d 569 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1985). “after notice and public hearing upon charges preferred” under the provisions of § 31-91, of the General Statutes. That statute also provides for an appeal to the Superior Court.”
Local 1183 of Council No. 4 v. State Bd. of Labor Relations, 636 A.2d 1366 (Conn. App. Ct. 1994). “Therefore, the Union is requesting that your Board give us a clarification of this award as provided under Section 31-91- 50 of the Rules and Procedures of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration.”
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