Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05689 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5689
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1290
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5689 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1290

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 

Introduced by:

REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING UNION RECERTIFICATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require recertification of a union at least once every five years so that employees may have the option of choosing the same union or another union to represent them and to further require that any union election be conducted by secret ballot.

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow workers an opportunity to choose the union they want representing them and to protect the sanctity of the secret ballot.