Sec. 10-153a. Rights concerning professional organization and negotiations. Duty of fair representation. Annual service fees negotiable item.
Sec. 10-153a. Rights concerning professional organization and negotiations.
Duty of fair representation. Annual service fees negotiable item. (a) Members of
the teaching profession shall have and shall be protected in the exercise of the right to
form, join or assist, or refuse to form, join or assist, any organization for professional
or economic improvement and to negotiate in good faith through representatives of their
own choosing with respect to salaries, hours and other conditions of employment free
from interference, restraint, coercion or discriminatory practices by any employing
board of education or administrative agents or representatives thereof in derogation of
the rights guaranteed by this section and sections 10-153b to 10-153n, inclusive.
(b) The organization designated as the exclusive representative of a teachers' or
administrators' unit shall have a duty of fair representation to the members of such unit.
(c) Nothing in this section or in any other section of the general statutes shall preclude a local or regional board of education from making an agreement with an exclusive
bargaining representative to require as a condition of employment that all employees
in a bargaining unit pay to the exclusive bargaining representative of such employees
an annual service fee, not greater than the amount of dues uniformly required of members
of the exclusive bargaining representative organization, which represents the costs of
collective bargaining, contract administration and grievance adjustment; and that such
service fee be collected by means of a payroll deduction from each employee in the
bargaining unit.
(1961, P.A. 562; 1969, P.A. 811, S. 1; P.A. 76-403, S. 1, 11; P.A. 79-422; P.A. 83-72, S. 1, 9; P.A. 87-250, S. 2, 11;
P.A. 93-426, S. 6.)
History: 1969 act substituted for "without prejudice", "free from interference, restraint, coercion or discriminatory
practices by any employing board of education ..."; P.A. 76-403 included rights to form or assist and to refuse to form or
assist organizations as well as rights to join or not join and included protection in the exercise of rights mentioned and
bestowed right to negotiate in good faith; P.A. 79-422 added Subsec. (b) re annual service fees for bargaining representation;
P.A. 83-72 amended Subsec. (a) to include all statutory references to provisions of teacher negotiation law, Secs. 10-153b
to 10-153n, inclusive; P.A. 87-250 amended Subsec. (a) to include hours as a subject to be negotiated in good faith; P.A.
93-426 inserted new Subsec. (b) to impose a duty of fair representation on teachers' and educational administrators'
collective bargaining representatives and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as (c).
See Sec. 10-153k re applicability of this section to incorporated or endowed high schools or academies.
Cited. 162 C. 393; Id., 575, 578. By agreement on submission of question to arbitrator, Waterbury Board of Education
waived objection to procedural limits of arbitration in teacher contract. 168 C. 54. Sections 10-153a-10-153j include
coverage of teachers employed in summer school programs. 177 C. 68. Agency shop clause in collective bargaining
agreement prior to 1979 amendment expressly authorizing such clauses was valid and did not offend public policy. 180
C. 459. Cited. 184 C. 116. Cited. 190 C. 235. Cited. 200 C. 376. Teacher negotiation act cited. 201 C. 685; 202 C. 492;
205 C. 116; 206 C. 113. Cited. 210 C. 286. Cited. 216 C. 253. Teachers negotiation act (TNA) cited. 217 C. 110. Cited.
231 C. 922. Teacher Negotiation Act (TNA) Sec. 10-153a et seq. cited. 234 C. 704; 239 C. 32.
Cited. 5 CA 253. Teacher negotiations act cited. Id. Connecticut teachers negotiation act, Secs. 10-153a-10-153n cited.
23 CA 727. Teacher Negotiation Act (TNA) cited. 35 CA 111. Cited. 42 CA 700; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 835.
Teacher Negotiation Act (TNA) cited. Id. Cited. 43 CA 133.
Cited. 38 CS 80.
Subsec. (b):
Not a violation for local organization to allocate part of service fee to the state and national organizations. 206 C. 25.