International Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of Berlin

These are consolidated appeals from decisions of the Superior Court (Dunfey, C.J.) and the Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB). The plaintiff, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO Local 1088, seeks to overturn the decisions below, both of which related to the union’s contract with the defendant City of Berlin. We affirm both decisions.

On August 22, 1979, after several months of collective bargaining, the City of Berlin and the firefighters’ union executed a “working agreement.” The agreement recognized the union as the exclusive representative of the employees of the…