HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1037        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1654

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Martin J. Walsh

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to clarify terms of collective bargaining agreements.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Martin J. Walsh

13th Suffolk

1/19/2011

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

2/4/2011

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

2/4/2011

Anne M. Gobi

5th Worcester

2/3/2011

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

26th Middlesex

2/3/2011

Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera

10th Hampden

2/3/2011

Sean Curran

9th Hampden

2/3/2011

Carlos Henriquez

5th Suffolk

2/3/2011

Christopher N. Speranzo

3rd Berkshire

2/3/2011

Kevin J. Murphy

18th Middlesex

2/3/2011

Rhonda Nyman

5th Plymouth

2/3/2011

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

2/3/2011

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

16th Suffolk

2/3/2011

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

2/4/2011

John F. Keenan

 

2/4/2011

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

2/4/2011

Cleon H. Turner

1st Barnstable

2/4/2011

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

2/4/2011

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

2/4/2011

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/20/2011

Steven M. Walsh

11th Essex

1/31/2011

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

1/31/2011

Joyce A. Spiliotis

12th Essex

1/26/2011

Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.

34th Middlesex

1/26/2011

Jason M. Lewis

31st Middlesex

1/26/2011

Martha M. Walz

8th Suffolk

1/24/2011

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

1/20/2011

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

1/20/2011

Alice K. Wolf

25th Middlesex

1/19/2011

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/19/2011

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/19/2011

John P. Fresolo

16th Worcester

1/20/2011

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/24/2011

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/24/2011

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/25/2011

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/24/2011

David B. Sullivan

6th Bristol

1/28/2011

William Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

1/28/2011

Michael F. Kane

5th Hampden

1/28/2011

Christine E. Canavan

10th Plymouth

1/31/2011

John D. Keenan

7th Essex

1/31/2011

Christopher G. Fallon

33rd Middlesex

1/31/2011

Nick Collins

4th Suffolk

2/3/2011

Michael D. Brady

9th Plymouth

2/2/2011

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

2/4/2011

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

2/4/2011

Stephen Stat Smith

28th Middlesex

2/4/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1037        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1654

By Mr. Walsh of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1654) of Martin J. Walsh and others for legislation to clarify the terms of certain public employee collective bargaining agreements.  Public Service.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act to clarify terms of collective bargaining agreements.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

WHEREAS,  it is the General Court's intent to clarify and reaffirm, consistent with § 9O of Chapter 23 of the General Laws and contrary to the conclusion reached by the Supreme Judicial Court in Boston Housing Authority v. Firemen and Oilers, Local 3, SEIU, SJC-10569 (October 22, 2010), that public employers and employee organizations may voluntarily include a provision in a collective bargaining agreement to continue the terms of that agreement in excess of three years while the parties negotiate a successor agreement,

Whereas, the deferred operation of this Act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to declare and clarify the intent of Chapter 150E, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public good.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:

Chapter 150E § 7(a) is hereby amended to add the following at the end of the first sentence ". . . provided that a provision in the agreement setting forth that its terms remain in effect beyond three years while the parties negotiate a successor agreement is valid and enforceable.  This proviso shall be applied retroactively to agreements that contained such a provision but otherwise expired prior to the effective date of this Act."

THEREFORE be it enacted.