Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2001

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Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2001 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments.

Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether State law provides 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 and supervisory 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 regulations establishing collective bargaining procedures for public safety employers and employees in States that do not substantially provide for such public safety employee 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 to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit; (3) resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith; (4) conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices; and (5) resolve exceptions to arbitrator's awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of such FLRA regulations and authority through appropriate State courts.

Prohibits public safety employers, employees, and labor organizations from engaging in lockouts or strikes.

Provides that existing collective bargaining units and agreements shall not be invalidated by this Act.

Congress
107

Number
HR - 1475

Introduced on
2001-04-04

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

4/4/2001

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2001 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments.

Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether State law provides 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 and supervisory 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 regulations establishing collective bargaining procedures for public safety employers and employees in States that do not substantially provide for such public safety employee 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 to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit; (3) resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith; (4) conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices; and (5) resolve exceptions to arbitrator's awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of such FLRA regulations and authority through appropriate State courts.

Prohibits public safety employers, employees, and labor organizations from engaging in lockouts or strikes.

Provides that existing collective bargaining units and agreements shall not be invalidated by this Act.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions.

Policy Areas
Government Operations and Politics

Potential Impact
Administrative procedure•
Administrative remedies•
Appellate courts•
Civil actions and liability•
Collective bargaining agreements•
Collective bargaining in government•
Collective bargaining unit•
Crime and Law Enforcement•
Emergency Management•
Emergency medical personnel•
Employee rights•
Employee-management relations in government•
Federal Labor Relations Authority•
Fire fighters•
Government employee unions•
Health•
Industrial arbitration•
Injunctions•
Judicial review of administrative acts•
Jurisdiction•
Labor and Employment•
Labor contracts•
Labor union elections•
Law•
Law enforcement officers•
Local employees•
Local laws•
Lockouts•
Mediation•
Paramedical personnel•
Police•
Public sector strikes•
State courts•
State employees•
State laws•
State-local relations•
Unfair labor practices

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Latest Summary11/28/2006
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2001 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments.

Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether State law ...


Latest Action6/20/2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.