S 1611 · 111th Congress · Labor and Employment

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009

Introduced 2009-08-06· Sponsored by Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]· Senate

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Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2009-08-06)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009 - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments. Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether a state substantially provides for specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management, supervisory, and confidential employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization. Requires the FLRA to issue, in accordance with the public safety employee rights and responsibilities, regulations establishing collective bargaining procedures for public safety employers and employees in states that do not substantially provide for such rights and responsibilities. Directs the FLRA, in such cases, to: (1) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (2) supervise or conduct elections t…

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Cosponsors (20)

15 Democrats5 Republicans