COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

Bills and resolutions

Health: make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 5278), H8858 [7OC]

Labor unions: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see S. 2159), S2105 [3MR]

Railway Labor Act: provide coverage to employees of certain air and surface transportation entities (see S. 2687), S8423 [19JY]

Remarks in House

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (H.R. 3619), E360 [11MR], E1087 [9JN]

Remarks in Senate

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments, S558 [4FE], S624 [5FE]

Railway Labor Act: provide coverage to employees of certain air and surface transportation entities (S. 2687), S8426 [19JY]

U.S. Airways, Inc.: pension plan restructuring, S241 [26JA], S295-S297 [28JA]