Fire fighters and police
officers risk their lives every day to protect the public; they
deserve the same right to discuss workplace issues with their
employer that the federal government grants to most other
workers.
The
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act,
legislation granting fire fighters and police officers minimum
collective bargaining rights by establishing minimum standards
for state collective bargaining laws, was reintroduced in the
U.S. House of Representatives by Representatives Dale Kildee (D-MI)
and John Duncan (R-TN) as H.R. 413, and in the Senate by
Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA) as S. 1611.
Although the bill was recently incorporated by the U.S. House of
Representatives into a larger supplemental appropriations bill -
H.R. 4899 - it, along with numerous
other provisions added by the House, was subsequently removed by
the Senate. Despite this setback, Senate leadership has
indicated that they plan to consider the Cooperation Act before
the end of the year.
For more information
about collective bargaining rights and current congressional action,
click here: Fact
Sheet
Learn more about the
importance of collective bargaining rights for public safety
officers:
Key Points
See if your
Representative supports the Public Safety Employer-Employee
Cooperation Act:
Cosponsors House
Cosponsors
Senate
View a list of
Cooperation Act cosponsors in the previous Congress:
House Cosponsors - 110th Congress
Senate Cosponsors - 110th Congress
