STATE OF CONNECTICUT

LABOR DEPARTMENT

CONNECTICUT STATE BOARD OF LABOR RELATIONS

TOWN OF TRUMBULL
MARCH 7, 2000
-and-
DECISION NO. 3750
CONNECTICUT INDEPENDENT
LABOR UNION, LOCAL 51

Case No. MPP-20,353

A P P E A R A N C E S:

Attorney E. Stephen Briggs

For the Union

Attorney Floyd Dugas

For the Town

STIPULATED DECISION AND CONSENT ORDER

On October 19, 1998, Connecticut Independent Labor Union, Local 51 (the Union) filed
a complaint with the Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations (the Labor Board) alleging that
the Town of Trumbull (the Town) had engaged in practices prohibited by § 7-470 of the
Municipal Employees Relations Act (MERA or the Act) by making illegal deductions from
employees= pay.

After the requisite preliminary steps had been taken, the matter came before the Labor Board
for a hearing on February 3, 2000. The Union appeared and was represented by counsel. The Town
did not attend the hearing. At the hearing, a stipulation was entered, whereby the parties waived the
holding of a hearing and the making of conclusions of law, and requested the Labor Board to issue
a consent order pursuant to Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies § 7-471-61. Pursuant to the
agreement of the parties and in accordance with our regulations, we find the following facts and we
issue the following consent order.
 FINDINGS OF FACT

1. The Town is a municipal employer within the meaning of the Act.

2. The Union is an employee organization within the meaning of the Act.

3. On October 19, 1998 the Union filed a complaint in the instant case with the Labor Board
alleging that the Town had unlawfully deducted money from employees’ pay.

4. On February 3, 2000 the Union and the Town entered into a stipulation in settlement of
this prohibited practice complaint and requested the Labor Board to issue a consent order.

ORDER

By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the Connecticut State Board of Labor
Relations and by stipulation of the parties pursuant to Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
§ 7-471-61, it is hereby

ORDERED, that

I. The Town of Trumbull shall reimburse all current employees and members of Local #51
deductions of one dollar ($1.00) per week for dental health insurance premium shares for
each week it has been deducted from July 1, 1998 to the present;

II. The Town of Trumbull shall immediately stop the deduction as set forth in paragraph I
above;

III. Said reimbursement shall be made within thirty (30) days of February 3, 2000.

CONNECTICUT STATE BOARD OF LABOR RELATIONS

John W. Moore, Jr.

John W. Moore, Jr.
Chairman

Patricia V. Low
Patricia V. Low
Board Member

Wendella A. Battey
Wendella A. Battey
Board Member

 CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was mailed postage prepaid on this 7h day of
March, 2000 to the following:

Attorney E. Stephen Briggs

RRR
CILU/CIPU

36B Kreiger Lane

Post Office Box 938

Glastonbury, CT 06033

Attorney Floyd J. Dugas

RRR
Berchem, Moses & Devlin

75 Broad Street

Milford, CT 06460

David A. Wilson, First Selectman

Town of Trumbull

Town Hall, 5866 Main Street

Trumbull, CT 06611

James Hilva, Finance Director

Town of Trumbull

Town Hall, 5866 Main Street

Trumbull, CT 06611

Elizabeth Smith, Administrator Assistant

Town of Trumbull

Town Hall, 5866 Main Street

Trumbull, CT 06611

Wayne Gilbert, Director

CILU/CIPU

36B Kreiger Lane

Post Office Box 938

Glastonbury, CT 06033

Samuel Martz, Staff Representative

CILU/CIPU

36B Kreiger Lane

Post Office Box 938

Glastonbury, CT 06033

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Jaye Bailey Zanta, General Counsel
CONNECTICUT STATE BOARD OF LABOR RELATIONS