[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SUPPORT THE PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE COOPERATION ACT OF 1997

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to join 
my good friend, the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Ney], and myself in 
supporting H.R. 1173, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation 
Act of 1997. So far 70 Members of the House, both Republicans and 
Democrats, have added their names as cosponsors of this bill.
  H.R. 1173 recognizes the fundamental right of police and firefighters 
to form and join unions and to bargain collectively with their 
employers over wages, hours, and working conditions.
  H.R. 1173 does not create a Federal mandate. It does not affect 
existing State collective bargaining laws and it would prohibit strikes 
and lockouts.
  This bill is supported by the International Association of 
Firefighters, the Fraternal Order of Police, the International Union of 
Police Associations and the National Association of Police 
Organizations.
   Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join us in support of H.R. 
1173.

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