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OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS v. NEW ENGLAND HEALTH CARE EMPLOYEES UNION, DISTRICT 1199, AFL-CIO (SC 17962)
Rogers, C. J., and Katz, Palmer, Zarella and Schaller, Js. Argued May 19--officially released August 5, 2008

Richard T. Sponzo, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and William J. McCullough, assistant attorney general, for the appellant (plaintiff). Michael E. Passero, for the appellee (defendant).

Opinion

KATZ, J. The plaintiff, the state office of labor relations, appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting the application of the defendant, New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, AFL-CIO, to confirm an arbitration award rendered in favor of the defendant. In the present appeal, the plaintiff's sole claim is that the arbitrator's award, which granted relief to all employees covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the parties as to the issue raised rather than to the three individual employees who were named as grievants in the submission, exceeded the scope of the submission in contravention of General Statutes

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