Bill Text: IL HB1864 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1864 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1864-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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6 | (115 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 1701)
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7 | Sec. 1. Policy. It is the
the public policy of this State | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | and the purpose
of this Act to promote orderly and constructive | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | relationships between all
educational employees and their | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | employers. Unresolved disputes between the
educational | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | employees and their employers are injurious to the public, and
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12 | the General Assembly is therefore aware that adequate means | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | must be established
for minimizing them and providing for their | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | resolution.
It is the purpose of this Act to regulate labor | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | relations between
educational employers and educational | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | employees, including the designation
of educational employee | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | representatives, negotiation of wages, hours and
other | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | conditions of employment and resolution of disputes arising | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | under
collective bargaining agreements. The General Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | recognizes that
substantial differences exist between | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | educational employees and other
public employees as a result of | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | the uniqueness of the educational work
calendar and educational | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | work duties and the traditional and historical
patterns of |
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1 | collective bargaining between educational employers and
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2 | educational employees and that such differences demand | ||||||
3 | statutory regulation
of collective bargaining between | ||||||
4 | educational employers and educational
employees in a manner | ||||||
5 | that recognizes these differences. Recognizing that
harmonious | ||||||
6 | relationships are required between educational employees and
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7 | their employers, the General Assembly has determined that the | ||||||
8 | overall policy
may best be accomplished by (a) granting to | ||||||
9 | educational employees the right
to organize and choose freely | ||||||
10 | their representatives; (b) requiring educational
employers to | ||||||
11 | negotiate and bargain with employee organizations representing
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12 | educational employees and to enter into written agreements | ||||||
13 | evidencing the
result of such bargaining; and (c) establishing | ||||||
14 | procedures to provide for
the protection of the rights of the | ||||||
15 | educational employee, the educational
employer and the public. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 83-1014.)
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