International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 564 v. Borough of Jewett City

The Municipal Employees Relations Act (MERA), General Statutes § 7-467 et seq., imposes compulsory arbitration on a municipality and the representatives of its employees whenever the parties have reached an impasse in their collective bargaining. *125The issue in these cases is whether the procedures statutorily prescribed for such compulsory arbitration govern stipulated arbitral awards arising out of the subsequent agreement of the parties on all disputed issues. We conclude that, when the parties expressly waive their rights under the compulsory arbitration statute, such stipulated awards are…