HR 2586 117th Congress House Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Civil actions and liability Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment discrimination and employee rights Federal Labor Relations Authority Federal preemption Fires First responders and emergency personnel Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Labor-management relations State and local government operations

Fire Fighters and EMS Employer-Employee Cooperation Act

Introduced: February 18, 2022 See on congress.gov

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Became law

Apr 15, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Apr 15, 2021

Introduced in House

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Fire Fighters and EMS Employer-Employee Cooperation Act

This bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether a state substantially provides fire and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel

the right to form and join a labor organization;
recognition by fire and EMS employers of the employees' labor organization, agreement to bargain with the organization, and reduction of any agreements to writing in a contract or memorandum of understanding;
the right to bargain over hours, wages, and terms and conditions of employment; and
arbitration or other mechanisms to resolve an impasse in collective bargaining negotiations.

The bill makes the authority responsible for (1) determining the appropriateness of units for labor representation; (2) supervising elections; (3) conducting hearings and resolving complaints of unfair labor practices; and (4) protecting the right of employees to form, join, or assist any labor organization, or to refrain from doing so.

An employer, fire and EMS personnel, or labor organization may not engage in a lockout, sickout, work slowdown, strike, or any other organized job action that will measurably disrupt the delivery of emergency services and is designed to compel an employer, fire and EMS personnel, or labor organization to agree to the terms of a proposed contract.