3.0.0 2178 2023-08-03T15:30:28Z 2023-08-03T15:30:28Z Senate S 2021-06-22 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-22T20:10:24Z Fire Fighters and EMS Employer-Employee Cooperation Act 117 2586 HR 2021-04-15 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2021-06-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-06-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000273 Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] John Hickenlooper D CO W. N H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2021-06-22 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2021-09-29 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2021-09-29 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2022-03-15 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2022-03-15 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2022-03-28 False P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2022-03-31 False Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Civil actions and liability Criminal justice information and records Department of Homeland Security Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment discrimination and employee rights Federal Labor Relations Authority Federal preemption Fires First responders and emergency personnel Government Operations and Politics Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health personnel Homeland security Industrial facilities Labor-management relations Performance measurement Personnel records State and local government operations Terrorism Labor and Employment 00 2021-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-02T18:01:37Z Fire Fighters and EMS Employer-Employee Cooperation Act

This bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether a state substantially provides fire and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel

  • the right to form and join a labor organization;
  • recognition by fire and EMS 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
  • arbitration or other mechanisms 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, fire and EMS personnel, 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, fire and EMS personnel, or labor organization to agree to the terms of a proposed contract.

]]> Fire Fighters and EMS Employer-Employee Cooperation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for fire fighters and emergency medical services personnel employed by States or their political subdivisions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Fire Fighters and EMS Employer-Employee Cooperation Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Fire Fighters and EMS Employer-Employee Cooperation Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2178is/xml/BILLS-117s2178is.xml 2021-06-22 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.