LCO No. 1450 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6340 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1450 Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by: REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist. AN ACT LIMITING WAGE INCREASES IN ARBITRATION AWARDS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to prohibit binding arbitration 1 awards for increased wages pursuant to collective bargaining 2 negotiations from exceeding the level increase reflected in the 3 prevailing Consumer Price Index. 4 Statement of Purpose: To amend the collective bargaining statutes to limit binding arbitration awards to not more than the Consumer Price Index.