Nothing in sections
7-467 to
7-477, inclusive, shall constitute a grant of the right to strike to employees of any municipal employer and such strikes are prohibited. In the event an agreement expires before a new agreement has been approved by the municipal employer and the employee organization, the terms of the expired agreement shall remain in effect until such time as a new agreement is reached and approved in accordance with section
7-474. Nothing in this section shall affect the rights and duties of the municipal employer and the employee organization under sections
7-468 to
7-470, inclusive, during the period of time such expired agreement remains in effect.
(February, 1965, P.A. 159, S. 9; P.A. 75-81.)
History: P.A. 75-81 added provisions re continuance of previous agreement terms after their expiration and until new agreement made.
Cited. 171 C. 347; Id., 553; 175 C. 349. Standing to test constitutionality of binding arbitration provisions of Municipal Employees Relations Act discussed. 181 C. 421. Cited. 182 C. 93; 185 C. 88; 196 C. 192; Id., 623; 200 C. 38; 201 C. 577; 204 C. 746; 205 C. 116; 210 C. 549; 212 C. 294; 215 C. 14; 217 C. 490; 221 C. 244; 225 C. 297; 234 C. 123.
Cited. 3 CA 1; 16 CA 232.
A public announcement of plaintiff's intention to file a prohibited practice complaint against a union is protected by the Municipal Employees Relations Act when the complaint is actually filed at a later date. 31 CS 7. Duty to bargain collectively and in good faith takes on important dimension in public sector because of denial of right to strike. 36 CS 18. Cited. 42 CS 227; 43 CS 470.
Notes of Decisions
Carofano v. City of Bridgeport, 495 A.2d 1011 (Conn. 1985).
“5 Though such strikes were illegal; General *635 Statutes § 7-475; the legislature was concerned that “in many cases the employee organizations have, as a result of the frustrations in negotiations, have [sic] taken some type of job action.”
City of New Haven v. Connecticut State Bd. of Labor Relations, 410 A.2d 140 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1979).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes § 7-475. The language of the MERA regarding the duty to confer in good faith with respect to wages, hours and conditions of employment is similar to that contained in the National Labor Relations Act.”
Local 1339, Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of Waterbury, 876 A.2d 511 (Conn. 2005).
· cites it 2× “) General Statutes § 7-475. By its clear terms, this provision simply provides a mechanism to bridge the period between the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement and the commencement of a new agreement—a safeguard for the parties’ rights and obligations.”
Lalli v. New Haven, 230 Conn. App. 863 (Conn. App. Ct. 2025).
· cites it 4× “Ratification of a new [agreement], effective for the period from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2022, occurred on September 16, 2019 [(2016 agreement)].”
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