You asked for a list of
state employee collective bargaining agreements that the General Assembly has
accepted or rejected in the past 10 years and the number of each such actions.
SUMMARY
By law, the legislature must
approve or reject each state employee collective bargaining agreement, whether
negotiated or imposed on the parties by an arbitrator's award.
Of the 128 agreements
presented between 1991-2001, the General Assembly
approved 108 and rejected 16. We were unable to locate legislative materials on
the outcome of 4 agreements.
LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS
Under CGS § 5-278(b),
collective bargaining agreements and interest arbitration awards must be filed
with House and Senate clerks. A majority vote of each chamber is required to
approve an agreement or award. But, if a chamber fails to bring the matter to a
vote within 30 days of filing, that body is deemed to have approved the
agreement. Rejecting an agreement requires a majority vote in either chamber.
But, rejecting an arbitrator's award requires a determination that there are
insufficient funds for implementation and a two-thirds vote in either chamber.
Table 1 lists the agreements
and awards that the legislature took up in the last 10 years. We have arranged
them in reverse chronological order and identified their House and Senate
Resolution numbers and contracting parties. The final column shows whether the
legislature approved or disapproved them. It also shows, where known, how the
reported record was achieved.
Table 1: COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND ARBITRATION AWARDS SENT TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY BETWEEN 1991-2001
Year
House and Senate Resolution Number
Contracting Parties
Result
2001
H. R. 9, S. R. 12
UCONN Board of Trustees & UCONN Prof. Employees Assoc. ,
Local 3695
Approved1
H. R. 18, S. R. 17
Board for StateAcademicAwards & CharterOakState College Professionals, AFSCME, Local 1303-282
Approved1
H. R. 27, S. R. 20
CT & Administrative and Residual Employees (A+R) (P-5 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 28, S. R. 21
CT Judicial Branch & CT Judicial Employees, AFSMCE, Local 739
Approved1
H. R. 29, S. R. 24
Div. of Crim. Justice & CT
Employees Assoc. , Police Inspectors Council
Approved1
H. R. 32, S. R. 25
Community Tech. Board of Trustees & Federation of Technical
College Teachers, American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Local 1942; Congress
of CT Community Colleges; AFSCME, Local 1303
Approved2
H. R. 31, S. R. 23
CT & CT Employees Union Independent (CEUI) (NP-7 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 34, S. R. 29
Board of Governors for Higher Ed. & Dept. of Higher Ed.
Professionals, AFSCME, Local 1303-255
Approved2
H. R. 35, S. R. 28
Div. of Crim. Justice & CT Assoc.
of Prosecutors
Approved2
H. R. 302, S. R. 301
CT & CEUI Maintenance and Service Employees (NP-2 Unit)
CT & State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC)
Approved1
H. R. 5, S. R. 10
CT, Dept. of Social Services & AFSCME (P-2 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 9, S. R. 14
CT Board of Ed. & AFT, Local 61
Approved1
H. R. 13, S. R. 24
CT Judicial Branch & Union of Professional Judicial
Employees, AFT/ CT Federation of Ed. Professional Employees (CFEPE)
Approved2
H. R. 14, S. R. 25
CT Board of Ed. & State Vocational Federation of Teachers,
Local 4200A, AFT
Approved2
H. R. 15, S. R. 26
CT & Protective Services Employees Coalition/International Union of Police/International
Assoc. of Firefighters (NP-5 Unit)
Approved2
H. R. 16, S. R. 27
CT Judicial Branch & CT Judicial Employees, AFSCME, Local 749
Approved2
H. R. 302, S. R. 301
CT & A+R, Local 4200 AFT/CT State Federation of Teachers (P-5
Unit)
Approved2
1999
H. R. 8, S. R. 15
Dept. of Transportation & CT Employees Union Independent,
Inc. , Local 511, Service Employees Union International (P-5 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 18, S. R. 18
CT & CT State Police Union
Approved1
H. R. 39, S. R. 30
Board of Governors for Higher Ed. & Dept. of Higher Ed.
Professional Employees, AFSCME, Local 1303-255
Approved1
H. R. 52, S. R. 40
Board of Trustees of UCONNHealthCenter & Univ. Health Professionals
Approved1
H. R. 57, S. R. 41
Board of Trustees of Community-Technical Colleges & AFSCME,
Local 1303; Congress of CT Community Colleges, Federation of Technical
College Teachers, AFT, Local 1942
Approved1
H. R. 60, S. R. 48
CT & Correction Bargaining Unit, AFSCME, Locals 387, 391, and
1565 (NP-4 Unit)
Board for State Academic Awards, CharterOakState College & CharterOakState College Professional Bargaining Unit, AFSCME, Local 1303-282
Approved2
H. R. 64, S. R. 51
CT & SEBAC
Approved2
H. R. 65, S. R. 52
CT & AFSCME, Locals 269, 714, and 2663 (P-2 Unit)
Approved2
1998
H. R. 5, S. R. 4
CT & A+R (P-5 Unit)
Approved3
H. R. 19, S. R. 12
CT & Protective Services Employees Coalition
Approved3
H. R. 20, S. R. 13
CT & AFSCME, Locals 269, 714 and 2663
Approved3
H. R. 32, S. R. 14
CT & CSEA (P-3A Unit)
Approved3
H. R. 34, S. R. 16
CT & CSEA (P-4 Unit)
Approved3
H. R. 35, S. R. 18
Div. of Crim. Justice & CT Juvenile
Prosecutors, AFSCME, Local 1303-318
Approved3
H. R. 36, S. R. 19
Div. of Crim. Justice & CT
Prosecutors, AFSCME, Local 1437
Approved3
H. R. 37, S. R. 23
CT & AFSCME, Correction Bargaining Unit (NP-4 Unit)
Approved3
H. R. 38, S. R. 22
CT & CSEA of the Ed. Professionals Bargaining Unit (P3-B
Unit)
Approved3
H. R. 39, S. R. 20
Div. of Crim.Justice & CTState Employees Assoc. , Police Inspectors Council
Approved3
H. R. 40, S. R. 21
CT & CT State Police Union Bargaining Unit (NP-1
Unit)
Approved3
H. R. 41, S. R. 24
CT & SEBAC, Concerning Placement and Training Initiatives
Approved3
H. R. 42, S. R. 27
Board of Trustees of Community-Tech. Colleges & Congress of
CT Community Colleges, Federation of Tech. College Teachers, AFT, Local 1942
and AFSCME, Local 1303
Approved3
H. R. 43, S. R. 26
CT & CT State Police Union
Approved3
H. R. 47, S. R. 30
CT Judicial Branch & Union of Professional Judicial
Employees, AFT
Approved2
H. R. 48, S. R. 29
CT & Protective Services Employees Coalition
Approved2
H. R. 49, S. R. 31
State Dept. of Ed. & American Federation of School
Administrators (AFSA), Local 61
Approved1
H. R. 50, S. R. 32
State Dept. of Ed. & AFSA and State Vocational Federation of
Teachers (SVFT), Local 4200A
Approved2
H. R. 51, S. R. 33
CT & SEBAC
Approved2
H. R. 52, S. R. 34
Dept. of PublicSafety & CTState Police Union and AFSCME
Approved2
1997
H. R. 25, S. R. 16
UCONN & UCONN Professional Employees Assoc.
Approved1
H. R. 26, S. R. 15
UCONN & UCONN Ch. Of American Assoc. of Univ. Professors
Approved1
H. R. 27, S. R. 17
CT & CEUI (NP-2 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 30, S. R. 19
Board of Trustees of CT State Univ. System & CT State Univ.
Organization of Admin. Faculty, AFSCME, Local 2836
Approved1
H. R. 31, S. R. 20
CT & SEBAC
Approved1
H. R. 32, S. R. 21
CT & AFSCME, Locals 387, 391, and 1566 (NP-4 Unit)
Rejected4
H. R. 33, S. R. 23
Board of Trustees for the CT State Univ. System & CT State
Univ. American Assoc. of Univ. Professors (CSU-AAUP)
Approved1
H. R. 34, S. R. 24
CT & A+R (P-5 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 35, S. R. 26
Div. of Crim. Justice & Crim. Justice Employees, AFSCME, Local 749
Approved1
H. R 36, S. R. 25
CT & New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199 (NP-6 and
P-1 Units)
Approved1
H. R. 41, S. R. 28
CT & SEBAC
Approved3
H. R. 43, S. R. 30
CT & AFSCME, Locals 387, 391, and 1566 (NP-4 Unit)
Approved2
1996
H. R. 4, S. R. 15
CT & CT Judicial Employees, AFSCME, Local 749
Approved3
H. R. 5, S. R. 4
Board of Governors for Higher Ed. & Dept. of Higher Ed.
Professional Employees, AFSCME, Local 1303-255, and Board for State Academic
Awards and CharterOakState College Professional Employees, AFSCME, Local 1303-282 (P-4
Unit)
Rejected6
H. R. 6, S. R. 12
CT & CSEA Concerning the Engineering, Scientific and
Technical Bargaining Unit (P-4 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 7, S. R. 5
Board of Governors for Higher Ed. & Dept. of Higher Ed.
Professional Employees, AFSCME, Local 1303-255, and Board for State Academic
Awards and CharterOakState College Professional Employees, AFSCME, Local 1303-282
Rejected4
H. R. 8, S. R. 13
CT & Crim. Justice Employees,
AFSCME, Local 749
Approved1
H. R. 9, S. R. 14
CT & CT State Employees Assoc. , Engineering, Scientific, and
Technical Bargaining Unit (P-4 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 10, S. R. 11
CT & Council 4, AFSCME, Corrections Bargaining Unit (NP-4)
Approved3
H. R. 11, S. R. 6
CT & AFSCME, Admin. Clerical Bargaining Unit (NP-3 Unit)
Approved3
H. R. 12, S. R. 7
CT & Union of Judicial State Advocates, AFSCME, Local
1303-318
Approved3
H. R. 13, S. R. 8
CT & CSEA, Inspectors' Council
Approved1
H. R. 14, S. R. 10
CT & CT Prosecutors, AFSCME, Local 1437
Approved1
H. R. 15, S. R. 9
CT & AFSCME, Locals 269, 714, and 2663, Social and Human
Services Bargaining Unit (P-2 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 16, S. R. 17
CT & AFSCME, Locals 196, 318, 355, 478, 538, 562, 610, and
704, Admin. Clerical Bargaining Unit (NP-3 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 17, S. R. 16
CT & CSEA, Ed. Professionals Bargaining Unit (P3-B Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 18, S. R. 26
CT & CEUI, Local 511, SEIU, Maintenance and Service
Bargaining Unit (NP-2 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 26, S. R. 41
Board of Governors for Higher Ed. & Dept. of Higher Ed.
Professional Employees, AFSCME, Local 1303-255
Approved1
H. R. 27, S. R. 42
Board for StateAcademicAwards & CharterOakCollege Professional Employees, AFSCME, Local 1303-282
Approved1
H. R. 28, S. R. 43
CT & AFSCME, Social and Human Services Bargaining Unit (P-2
Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 29, S. R. 44
CT & AFSCME, Locals 269, 714, and 2663, Social and Human
Services Bargaining Unit (P-2 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 30, S. R. 45
CT & AFSCME, Corrections Bargaining Unit (NP-4 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 31, S. R. 46
CT & SEBAC
Approved3
H. R. 32, S. R. 47
CT & Univ. Health Professionals, Local 3837, CSFT, AFT
Approved2
1995
H. R. 7, S. R. 9
CT & AFSCME (P-2 Unit)
Rejected4
H. R. 8, S. R. 11
CT & AFSCME
Rejected4
H. R. 9, S. R. 10
CT & AFSCME (NP-3 Unit)
Rejected4
H. R. 10, S. R. 15
CT & CT State Employees Union (P-4 Unit)
Rejected4
H. R. 11, S. R. 16
CT & CSEA (P3-B Unit)
Rejected4
H. R. 12, S. R. 13
CT & CT State Police Union (NP-1 Unit)
Rejected4
H. R. 13, S. R. 14
CT & CT State Employees Union (NP-2 Unit)
Rejected4
H. R. 14, S. R. 12
CT & New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199 (NP-6 and
NP-1 Units)
Approved1
H. R. 15, S. R. 17
CT & CT Employees Union (P3-A Unit)
Rejected4
H. R. 16, S. R 18
CT & CT State Employees Assoc.
Rejected4
H. R. 33, S. R. 35
CT & A+R Union, Local 4200, AFT, CSFT (P-5 Unit)
Approved1
H. R. 34, S. R. 36
CT StateUniv. of Board of Trustees & CT State Univ. Organization of Admin.
Faculty, AFSCME, Local 2836
Approved1
H. R. 35, S. R. 37
CT StateUniv. Board of Trustees & CSU-AAUP
Approved1
H. R. 38, S. R. 43
UCONNHealthCenter & Univ. Health Professionals, Local 3837, CSFT, AFT
Approved1
H. R. 39, S. R. 48
CT & Union of Professional Judicial Employees, AFT/CSFT
Approved2
H. R. 40, S. R. 44
CT & CSEA (P-3A)
Approved1
H. R. 41, S. R. 51
State Board of Ed. & State Vocational Federation of Teachers,
Local 4200A, AFT
Approved2
H. R. 42, S. R. 45
CT & Union of Judicial State Advocates, AFSCME, Local
1303-318
Rejected4
H. R. 43, S. R. 47
CT & CT Judicial Employees, AFSCME, Local 749
Rejected4
H. R. 44, S. R. 46
Board of Trustees of Community-Tech. Colleges & Federation of
Tech. College Teachers, Local 194, AFT, Congress of CT Community Colleges and
AFSCME, Local 1303