Connecticut SB 440: AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT FOR STRIKING WORKERS.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 440
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 2706

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES

Introduced by:
(LAB)

AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT FOR STRIKING WORKERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 31-236 of the 1
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 3
(3) During any week in which the administrator finds that the 4
individual's total or partial unemployment is due to the existence of a 5
labor dispute other than a lockout at the factory, establishment or other 6
premises at which the individual is or has been employed, [provided] 7
except that the provisions of this subsection do not apply if it is shown 8
to the satisfaction of the administrator that: (A) For a labor dispute that 9
begins on or after December 14, 2027, such labor dispute has been 10
continuous for fourteen days since the commencement of such labor 11
dispute; (B) (i) the individual is not participating in or financing or 12
directly interested in the labor dispute that caused the unemployment, 13
and [(B)] (ii) the individual does not belong to a trade, class or 14
organization of workers, members of which, immediately before the 15

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commencement of the labor dispute, were employed at the premises at 16
which the labor dispute occurred, and are participating in or financing 17
or directly interested in the dispute; or (C) the individual's 18
unemployment is due to the existence of a lockout. A lockout exists 19
whether or not such action is to obtain for the employer more 20
advantageous terms when an employer (i) fails to provide employment 21
to its employees with whom the employer is engaged in a labor dispute, 22
either by physically closing its plant or informing its employees that 23
there will be no work until the labor dispute has terminated, or (ii) 24
makes an announcement that work will be available after the expiration 25
of the existing contract only under terms and conditions that are less 26
favorable to the employees than those current immediately prior to such 27
announcement; provided in either event the recognized or certified 28
bargaining agent shall have advised the employer that the employees 29
with whom the employer is engaged in the labor dispute are ready, able 30
and willing to continue working pending the negotiation of a new 31
contract under the terms and conditions current immediately prior to 32
such announcement; 33
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2026 31-236(a)(3)

LAB Joint Favorable