SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1052        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 972

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kenneth J. Donnelly

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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 relative to permissible topics of collective bargaining.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Kenneth J. Donnelly

Fourth Middlesex


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1052        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 972

By Mr. Donnelly, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 972) of Kenneth J. Donnelly for legislation relative to permissible topics of collective bargaining.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to permissible topics of collective bargaining.

 

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

Subsection 3(a) of section 4A of chapter 1078 of the acts of 1973, as amended by section 1 of chapter 589 of the Acts of 1987 is hereby amended by inserting after the words “Nothing in this section shall be construed to include within the scope of arbitration any matters not otherwise subject to collective bargaining under the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E of the General Laws.” the following:-

“Any provisions of an existing contract neither submitted to nor modified as a result of arbitration shall be continued in any successor contract.”