Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-469
The municipal employer and such employee organization as has been designated as exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit, through appropriate officials or their representatives, shall have the duty to bargain collectively. This duty extends to the obligation to bargain collectively as set forth in subsection (c) of section 7-470.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-469
(February, 1965, P.A. 159, S. 3.)
Cited. 162 Conn. 579. Collective bargaining is a constitutional right. 164 C. 348. Cited. 171 Conn. 347; Id., 553; 175 Conn. 349. Standing to test constitutionality of binding arbitration provisions of Municipal Employees Relations Act discussed. 181 Conn. 421. Cited. 182 Conn. 93; 185 Conn. 88; 196 Conn. 192; Id., 623; 200 Conn. 38; 201 Conn. 577; 204 Conn. 746; 205 Conn. 116; 210 Conn. 549; Id., 597; 212 Conn. 294; 215 Conn. 14; 221 Conn. 244; 224 Conn. 666; 225 Conn. 297; 232 Conn. 57; 234 Conn. 123. Cited. 3 CA 1; 16 Conn.App. 232. A public announcement of plaintiff's intention to file a prohibited practice complaint against a union is protected by the Municipal Employees Relations Act when the complaint is actually filed at a later date. 31 Conn.Supp. 7. Cited. 42 Conn.Supp. 227; 43 Conn.Supp. 340; Id., 470.