US Congress Senate Bill 2845 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-05-15 - 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]

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act This bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority 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 employoees' labor organization, agreement to bargain with the organization, and reduction of any agreements to writing in a contract or memorandum or 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 authority 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. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-05-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB4846 (Related) 2018-04-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
SB3151 (Related) 2018-06-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2845/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2845/BILLS-115s2845is.pdf