Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act
Latest action · May 15, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 15, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 11, 2018 to Sep 6, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Aug 20, 2018 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Sep 6, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 15, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 15, 2018Introduced in Senate
- May 15, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1394 | Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act | Reintroduced Bill | May 9, 2019 |
| S 3151 | Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jun 27, 2018 |
| HR 4846 | Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act | Related bill | Apr 5, 2018 |
| HR 6238 | Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jun 27, 2018 |
| HR 6445 | Public Employee Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jul 19, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: 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 and Employment
- Labor-management relations
- Law enforcement officers
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 15, 2018Introduced in Senate
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