Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05287 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/05/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5287
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 606
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Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5287 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 606

*00606*

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 

Introduced by:

REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.

AN ACT INFORMING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF UNION MEMBERSHIP.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require that state and municipal collective bargaining agreements and related employee notices include a clear and conspicuous statement of any employee's right to opt out of membership in the union, subject only to a fee to cover the actual costs of collective bargaining.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide clear notice of an employee's right to choose not to be a member of a union.