State v. Connecticut Employees Union Independent

The plaintiff state of Connecticut and the defendants are parties to a collective bargaining agreement. The defendants are permanent part-time employees who average 17.5 working hours per week and the labor union which represents them. This case centers on the defendants’ right under the bargaining agreement to submit a labor dispute to arbitration. The agreement expressly applies to permanent part-time employees, but the plaintiff claims that General Statutes § 5-270 (b) excludes from arbitration part-time employees who average fewer than 20 hours per week.1

*579Pursuant to the collective…