US Congress Senate Bill 1394 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2-1)
Status: Introduced on May 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses the rights of public safety officers or employees to form and join a labor organization and to participate in certain organized job actions. The bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority (NLRA) to determine whether a state substantially provides public safety officers or employees the right to form and join a labor organization; recognition by public safety employers of the employees' labor organization, agreement to bargain with the organization, and reduction of any agreements to writing in a contract or memorandum of understanding; the right to bargain over hours, wages, and terms and conditions of employment; and binding interest arbitration to resolve an impasse in collective bargaining negotiations. The bill makes the NLRA responsible for (1) determining the appropriateness of units for labor representation; (2) supervising elections; (3) conducting hearings and resolving complaints of unfair labor practices; and (4) protecting the right of employees to form, join, or assist any labor organization, or to refrain from doing so. An employer, public safety officer, or labor organization may not engage in a lockout, sickout, work slowdown, strike, or any other organized job action that will measurably disrupt the delivery of emergency services and is designed to compel an employer, public safety officer, or labor organization to agree to the terms of a proposed contract.

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-09	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1154 (Related) 2019-02-13 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1394/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1394/BILLS-116s1394is.pdf