Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations
About Us
Our quasi-judicial Board helps workers and employers in four ways by:
- Helping employees and employers resolve disputes and agree on a course of action
- Protecting the right of workers to bargain collectively
- Protecting the rights of public sector and some private sector employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations
- Administering the major portion of four collective bargaining statutes covering state and municipal employees, public school teachers, certain administrators, and some private sector employees
Resources
General Info
Learn about what we do and how we conduct business.
Litigation Decisions
PDFs that contain a collection of litigation decisions.
Meeting Minutes & Board Meetings
View meeting minutes and a schedule of our upcoming meetings.
Acts and Updates
Read the current MERA, SERA, and TNA acts.
Full text board decisions
See any of our decisions from 1945 to today.
Forms
Download claimant or petition forms.
Policies and Procedures
Learn about what we do and how we conduct business.
Board Members
Ann F. Bird
(Alternate)
Barbara J. Collins
Board Member
Ellen Carter
(Alternate)
Katherine C. Foley
Board Member
Thomas P. Clifford III
(Alternate)
Susan Meredith
(Alternate)
Connecticut State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
The Board helps employers and employees resolve disputes. We provide binding arbitration services outside of the court system for the public and private sectors and numerous other services, including:
- Assist in interpreting union agreements
- Provide no-cost mediation services to resolve disputes involving terms and provisions in collective bargaining agreements; and mediate any disputes that arise during the negotiation over the terms of a new or successor collective bargaining agreement
- Provide grievance arbitration services to render final awards that resolve disputes involving collective bargaining agreements
- Administer the binding interest arbitration process for municipal collective bargaining agreements, including enforcing statutory timelines and appointing the arbitration panels
- Protect employees' right to organize
Board and staff information
Learn about what we do and how we conduct business.
All Board Meetings
View meeting minutes and a schedule of our upcoming meetings.
2023 Board Meetings
View meeting minutes for 2023.
Acts and Statutes
Read MERA, SERA, and chapter 560 of the CT General Statures.
Neutral Arbitrator's Selection Committee
See a list of committee members and contact information.
Grievance arbitration
View arbitration awards and processes.
Regulations and Policies
Review the Board's policies and procedures.
Panel of Neutral Arbitrators for Binding Arbitration
See the list of neutral arbitrators for binding arbitration under C.G.S. Section 7-473c.
Board Members
Gerald T. Weiner, Esq.
Chairman
Michael C. Culhane
Permanent Management Member
Betty Kuehnel
Permanent Labor Member
Douglas A. Cho, Esq.
Director
Dennis C. Murphy, Esq.
Deputy Chairman
Peter S. Carozza, Jr
Permanent Labor Member
Contact Information and Location
