Court Opinion

ID: 9699899
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 20:55:41.281529+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:42:20.038088
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*220Longo, J.
(dissenting). I cannot agree with the majority opinion because I do not see any satisfactory basis in the record on which the trial court or this court can base the conclusion that a reasonable opportunity for the union to bring the dispute to collective bargaining existed before December, 1970. The majority holds as a matter of law that such an opportunity existed between some uncertain date in November, 1970, when the union learned of the change in policy, and mid-December, when the new contract was signed. It appears that by so holding the majority is finding facts to support its conclusion. I believe that the proper disposition of this case would be to remand it to the Connecticut state board of labor relations for findings of fact on the issue of whether the defendants had a reasonable opportunity to raise the plaintiff’s change in policy at the negotiating table.