Connecticut employees may soon have freedom from "captive audience" meetings

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/Channels/Story.aspx?ID=1417206

5/12/2011

Employees in Connecticut could soon have the right to escape so-called “captive audience” meetings. The legislation was born out of concerns that some employers’ abuse required meetings in order to intimidate workers during labor organizing drives or contract negotiations. The bill passed out of the Assembly on Thursday by a vote of 78-65. It now goes to the Senate. Opponents of the legislation say it could be bad for business.