Bill Text: MI HB4399 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor; collective bargaining; periodic vote to recertify bargaining representative; require. Amends 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.201 - 423.217) by adding sec. 12a.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/22/2017 [HB4399 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4399-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4399
March 22, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Glenn, Kelly and Lilly and referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness.
A bill to amend 1947 PA 336, entitled
"An act to prohibit strikes by certain public employees; to provide
review from disciplinary action with respect thereto; to provide
for the mediation of grievances and the holding of elections; to
declare and protect the rights and privileges of public employees;
to require certain provisions in collective bargaining agreements;
to prescribe means of enforcement and penalties for the violation
of the provisions of this act; and to make appropriations,"
(MCL 423.201 to 423.217) by adding section 12a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 12a. The commission shall issue an order directing a
secret ballot election in any existing certified appropriate unit
every 2 years following the later of the effective date of the
amendatory act that added this section or the date of initial
certification of a bargaining representative. The election must be
conducted by secret ballot. If the existing certified bargaining
representative receives a majority of the votes cast and the
majority represents at least 50% of the employees in the unit, the
existing certification continues. If the certified bargaining
representative fails to receive a majority vote representing 50% of
the employees in the unit, the existing certification terminates.
If certification is terminated, the terms of the existing contract
between the employees represented by the bargaining representative
and the employer continues in effect for the remaining contract
term except for any provisions that involve duties of or
obligations to the bargaining representative, such as union
security, dues and fees, and involvement in grievance and
arbitration procedures.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
