It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer: (1) To spy upon or keep under surveillance, whether directly or through agents or any other person, any activities of employees or their representatives in the exercise of the rights set forth in section 31-104; (2) to prepare, maintain, distribute or circulate any blacklist of individuals for the purpose of preventing any of such individuals from obtaining or retaining employment because of the exercise by such individuals of any of the rights set forth in section 31-104; (3) to dominate or actually interfere with the formation, existence or administration of any employee organization or association, agency or plan which exists in whole or in part for the purpose of dealing with employers concerning terms or conditions of employment, labor disputes or grievances, or to contribute financial or other support to any such organization, by any means, including but not limited to the following: (A) By participating or assisting in, supervising, controlling or dominating (i) the initiation or creation of any such employee organization or association, agency or plan, or (ii) the meetings, management, operation, elections, formulation or amendment of the constitution, rules or policies of any such employee organization or association, agency or plan; (B) by urging the employees to join any such employee organization or association, agency or plan for the purpose of encouraging membership in the same; (C) by compensating any employee or individual for services performed on behalf of any such employee organization or association, agency or plan, or by donating free services, equipment, materials, office or meeting space or anything else of value for the use of any such employee organization or association, agency or plan, provided an employer shall not be prohibited from permitting employees to confer with him during working hours without loss of time or pay; (4) to require an employee or one seeking employment as a condition of employment to reveal membership, past membership or nonmembership in a labor organization, either by the use of written application forms, questionnaires or oral inquiries, or to join any company union or to refrain from forming or joining or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing; (5) to encourage membership in any company union or discourage membership in any labor organization by discrimination in regard to hire or tenure or in any term or condition of employment, provided nothing in this chapter shall preclude an employer from making an agreement with a labor organization requiring as a condition of employment membership therein, if such labor organization is the representative of employees as provided in section 31-106; (6) to refuse to bargain collectively with the representatives of employees, subject to the provisions of said section 31-106; (7) to refuse to discuss grievances with representatives of employees, subject to the provisions of said section 31-106; (8) to discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee because the employee has signed or filed any affidavit, petition or complaint or given any information or testimony under this chapter; (9) to distribute or circulate any blacklist of individuals exercising any right created or confirmed by this chapter or of members of labor organizations, or to inform any person of the exercise by any individual of such right, or of the membership of any individual in a labor organization for the purpose of preventing individuals so blacklisted or so named from obtaining or retaining employment; or (10) to do any acts other than those enumerated in this section which restrain, coerce or interfere with employees in the exercise of the rights set forth in section 31-104.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 31-105

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Company union: means any committee, employee representation plan or association of employees which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances or terms and conditions of employment which the employer has initiated or created or whose initiation or creation he has suggested or participated in or the formulation of whose governing rules or policies or the conduct of whose management, policies or elections the employer participates in or supervises or which the employer manages, finances, controls, dominates or assists in maintaining or financing, whether by compensation to anyone for service performed in its behalf or by donating free service, equipment, materials, office or meeting space or anything else of value or by any other means. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-101
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Employee: includes , but shall not be restricted to, any individual employed by a labor organization, any individual whose employment has ceased as a consequence of, or in connection with, any current labor dispute or because of any unfair labor practice, and who has not obtained any other regular and substantially equivalent employment, and shall not be limited to the employees of a particular employer. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-101
  • Employer: means any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee, but shall not include any person engaged in farming, or any person subject to the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act, unless the National Labor Relations Board has declined to assert jurisdiction over such person, or any person subject to the provisions of the Federal Railway Labor Act, or the state or any political or civil subdivision thereof or any religious agency or corporation, or any labor organization, except when acting as an employer, or any one acting as an officer or agent of such labor organization. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-101
  • Labor organization: means any organization which exists and is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining, or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or other mutual aid or protection, and which is not a company union as defined herein. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-101
  • Person: includes individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, trustees, receivers and legal representatives. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-101
  • Representative: includes a labor organization or an individual, whether or not employed by the employer or those whom he represents. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-101
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Unfair labor practice: means only those unfair labor practices listed in section 31-105. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-101