Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional policy declaration establishing that labor-management cooperation for public safety officers is in the national interest, citing their role in homeland security, incident management, and emergency, establishes definitions for the Act including public safety officer (law enforcement, firefighters, EMS), public safety employer (state/local government), labor organization, supervisor, management employee, and directs FLRA to evaluate each state within 180 days on whether it substantially provides minimum collective bargaining rights for public safety officers, including rights to organize, bargain over. It relies on compliance mandates, definition changes, reporting requirements, and exemptions. The main policy areas are Labor.
Who Benefits and How
Public safety officer labor organizations could face fewer barriers, States with existing strong collective bargaining laws would be affected, and Public safety officer labor unions could face fewer barriers.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal Labor Relations Authority would take on compliance duties and States without public safety collective bargaining laws would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Creates congressional policy declaration establishing that labor-management cooperation for public safety officers is in the national interest, citing their role in homeland security, incident management, and emergency...
- Establishes definitions for the Act including public safety officer (law enforcement, firefighters, EMS), public safety employer (state/local government), labor organization, supervisor, management employee...
- Directs FLRA to evaluate each state within 180 days on whether it substantially provides minimum collective bargaining rights for public safety officers, including rights to organize, bargain over...
- Directs FLRA to issue regulations within 1 year establishing collective bargaining procedures for non-compliant states, including unit determination, election supervision, unfair labor practice adjudication, arbitration...
- Exempts construction clause preserving state laws that provide equal or greater protections, preserving state right-to-work laws, and ensuring the Act does not preempt existing collective bargaining frameworks that meet...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional policy declaration establishing that labor-management cooperation for public safety officers is in the national interest, citing their role in homeland security, incident management, and emergency, establishes definitions for the Act including public safety officer (law enforcement, firefighters, EMS), public safety employer (state/local government), labor organization, supervisor, management employee, and directs FLRA to evaluate each state within 180 days on whether it substantially provides minimum collective bargaining rights for public safety officers, including rights to organize, bargain over.
Key Policy Areas
Labor
Primary Purpose
The bill creates congressional policy declaration establishing that labor-management cooperation for public safety officers is in the national interest, citing their role in homeland security, incident management, and emergency, establishes definitions for the Act including public safety officer (law enforcement, firefighters, EMS), public safety employer (state/local government), labor organization, supervisor, management employee, and directs FLRA to evaluate each state within 180 days on whether it substantially provides minimum collective bargaining rights for public safety officers, including rights to organize, bargain over.
Policy Domains
Section 2 - Purpose and policy
Identified Gains
- Public safety officer labor organizations
- States with existing strong collective bargaining laws
- Public safety officer labor unions
- Law enforcement officers, firefighters, and EMS workers
- Federal Labor Relations Authority
Identified Costs
- Federal Labor Relations Authority
- States without public safety collective bargaining laws
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Hickenlooper (for himself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Federal Labor Relations Authority, States with existing strong collective bargaining laws, States with right-to-work laws
Federal Labor Relations Authority faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: States with existing strong collective bargaining laws, States with right-to-work laws
Negative-direction: States without public safety collective bargaining laws
Public safety officer labor organizations, Public safety officer labor unions
Law enforcement officers, firefighters, and EMS workers, State and local public safety officers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_authority"
- → Federal Labor Relations Authority
- "public_safety_employer"
- → State or political subdivision employing public safety officers
- "the_authority"
- → Federal Labor Relations Authority
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The Federal Labor Relations Authority
Organization of any kind in which public safety officers participate for dealing with employer concerning grievances, conditions of employment, and related matters
Employee of a public safety employer who is a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services employee
State or political subdivision employing public safety officers
Individual with authority to hire, direct, assign, promote, reward, transfer, furlough, lay off, recall, suspend, discipline, or handle grievances, if exercise of authority requires independent judgment
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