3.0.0 2845 2023-01-11T13:42:31Z 2023-01-11T13:42:31Z Senate S 2018-05-15 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-15T18:51:33Z Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018 115 3151 S 2018-06-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act 115 4846 HR 2018-04-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018 115 6238 HR 2018-06-27 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS Public Employee Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018 115 6445 HR 2018-07-19 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS 2018-05-15 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2018-05-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2018-07-11 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2018-07-11 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2018-07-11 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2018-07-11 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2018-07-11 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2018-08-20 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2018-09-06 False Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Civil actions and liability Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment discrimination and employee rights Federal Labor Relations Authority Federal preemption First responders and emergency personnel Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Labor-management relations Law enforcement officers State and local government operations Labor and Employment 00 2018-05-15 Introduced in Senate 2018-11-21T21:47:34Z 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 Display Title Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act Introduced in Senate 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2845is/xml/BILLS-115s2845is.xml 2018-05-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.