Connecticut General Statutes 31-111a – Strike, work stoppage or lockout of hospital employees prohibited
No employees of an employer licensed by the Department of Public Health under § 19a-490, or their representatives, or any other persons shall engage in or induce or encourage, or attempt to engage in or induce or encourage, any strike, work stoppage, slowdown or withholding of goods or services by such employees or other persons at the institution where they are employed, provided nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit publicity, other than picketing, for the purpose of truthfully advising the public that a grievance or dispute, as defined by § 31-111b, exists at such employer’s premise, as long as such publicity does not have the effect of inducing any persons to withhold goods or services at such employer’s premise. No employer licensed by the Department of Public Health under said § 19a-490 shall institute, declare or cause, or attempt to institute, declare or cause, any lockout of the employees of such employer’s premise.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 31-111a
- Department: means the Labor Department. 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