Connecticut § 31-48a Recruitment or referral of professional strikebreaker restricted.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 31-48a — Recruitment or referral of professional strikebreaker restricted.

Connecticut § 31-48a

Title 31Labor

Ch. 557Employment Regulation

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-48a (2026).

Text

(a)As used in this section, “professional strikebreaker” means any person who has been employed anywhere two or more times in the same craft or industry in place of employees involved in strikes or lockouts. No person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation, or officer or agent thereof, shall recruit, procure, supply or refer any professional strikebreaker for employment in place of an employee involved in a strike or lockout in which such person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation is not directly interested. No professional strikebreaker shall take or offer to take the place in employment of employees involved in a strike or lockout. Any person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation which violates this section shall be guilty of a class E felony.

(b)Nothing in this section sh

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(a) As used in this section, “professional strikebreaker” means any person who has been employed anywhere two or more times in the same craft or industry in place of employees involved in strikes or lockouts. No person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation, or officer or agent thereof, shall recruit, procure, supply or refer any professional strikebreaker for employment in place of an employee involved in a strike or lockout in which such person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation is not directly interested. No professional strikebreaker shall take or offer to take the place in employment of employees involved in a strike or lockout. Any person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation which violates this section shall be guilty of a class E felony. (b) Nothing in this section shall prevent or interfere with the recruiting or procuring of any person who is not a professional strikebreaker within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section, provided there shall be compliance with the provisions of section 31-121 .

Legislative History

(1967, P.A. 509, S. 1; P.A. 13-258, S. 26.) History: P.A. 13-258 amended Subsec. (a) to change penalty from fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 3 years to a class E felony.