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Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019

Introduced: November 22, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Jun 25, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jun 25, 2019
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Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019

This bill prohibits strikes by certain individuals and requires the issuance of rules that provide for federal minimum standard collective bargaining rights and procedures.

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) shall determine for each state whether the laws of such state substantially provide for each of the minimum standard collective bargaining rights and procedures specified by this bill, including the right of public employees and supervisory employees to self-organize, form or join a labor organization, or collectively bargain.

The FLRA must issue rules and take actions to establish and administer bargaining rights and procedures for those states that do not substantially provide for them.

No employers, emergency services employees, or law enforcement officers may engage in a lockout, strike, or any other organized job action that would probably result in a measurable disruption of the delivery of emergency or public safety services. Furthermore, no labor organization may be the cause of a violation of such prohibition.

What's happening now June 25, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 178
All 178 Democratic 130 Republican 4
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Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Mar 9, 2020
 D
Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Feb 25, 2020
PETERSON, COLLIN
· Jan 28, 2020
COOPER, JAMES
· Jan 24, 2020
 D
Stanton, Greg
Arizona · Jan 24, 2020
Murphy, Stephanie
· Jan 15, 2020
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Dec 4, 2019
Lawson, Al
· Nov 26, 2019
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Nov 22, 2019
Maloney, Sean
· Nov 22, 2019
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Nov 22, 2019
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Nov 20, 2019
 D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Nov 18, 2019
McNerney, Jerry
· Nov 18, 2019
PRICE, DAVID
· Nov 18, 2019
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Nov 14, 2019
 D
Davids, Sharice
Kansas · Nov 14, 2019
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Nov 13, 2019
Speier, Jackie
· Nov 13, 2019
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 13, 2019
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Nov 12, 2019
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Oct 29, 2019
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Oct 29, 2019
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Oct 29, 2019
Richmond, Cedric
· Oct 29, 2019
CLAY, WM.
· Oct 28, 2019
 D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · Oct 28, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Oct 28, 2019
Butterfield, G. K.
· Oct 23, 2019
Gabbard, Tulsi
· Oct 22, 2019
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Oct 22, 2019
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Oct 21, 2019
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Oct 18, 2019
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Oct 18, 2019
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Oct 18, 2019
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Oct 17, 2019
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Oct 17, 2019
Kirkpatrick, Ann
· Oct 15, 2019
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Oct 11, 2019
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Oct 11, 2019
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Oct 4, 2019
Delgado, Antonio
· Oct 4, 2019
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Oct 4, 2019
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Oct 4, 2019
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Oct 4, 2019
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Oct 4, 2019
Perlmutter, Ed
· Oct 4, 2019
 D
Schrier, Kim
Washington · Oct 4, 2019
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Oct 4, 2019
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Oct 1, 2019
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