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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act
Update:
A Special Message from the General President on the Public
Safety Employer Employee Cooperation Act
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.
More recently, Senator Reid
reintroduced the Cooperation Act as S. 3991 and brought the bill
before the U.S. Senate for a vote. Unfortunately, the
motion to proceed to the bill was defeated.
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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
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House Action: H.R. 413
On January 9, 2009,
H.R.
413 was introduced in the U.S. House of
Representatives and referred to the Committee on Education and
Labor.
On March 10, 2010,
the House Education Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions held
a hearing on H.R. 413.
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On July 1, 2010, the
U.S. House of Representatives passed the Public Safety Employer-Employee
Cooperation Act as part of an amendment to a supplemental appropriations bill,
H.R. 4899, by
a vote of 239-182-1.
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Senate Action:
S. 1611
On August 6, 2009,
S. 1611
was introduced in the U.S. Senate and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions.
On July 22, 2010, the Senate failed to invoke
cloture on H.R. 4899, as amended, by a vote of 46-51.
On November 30, 2010, S. 3991 was introduced in
the U.S. Senate.
On December 8, 2010, the Senate
failed to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 3991 by a
vote of 55-43.
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