Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act
Latest action · May 9, 2019 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 9, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act
This bill addresses the rights of public safety officers or employees to form and join a labor organization and to participate in certain organized job actions.
The bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority (NLRA) 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 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
- binding interest arbitration to resolve an impasse in collective bargaining negotiations.
The bill makes the NLRA 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 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2019 to Dec 17, 2019, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | May 21, 2019 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | May 21, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | May 22, 2019 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | May 22, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2019Introduced in Senate
- May 9, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1154 | Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act | Related bill | Feb 13, 2019 |
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
- Fires
- 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 9, 2019Introduced in Senate
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