HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 588        FILED ON: 1/13/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1845

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mike Connolly and Erika Uyterhoeven

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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 uplifting families and securing the right to strike for certain public employees.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/13/2023

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

1/13/2023

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

1/21/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/23/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

1/23/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

1/24/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

1/25/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/27/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

1/30/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/1/2023

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

2/6/2023

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/6/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/7/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/8/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/10/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/14/2023

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/15/2023

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

2/17/2023

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/21/2023

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

3/1/2023

Lydia Edwards

Third Suffolk

3/3/2023

Ryan M. Hamilton

15th Essex

3/21/2023

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

4/3/2023

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

4/12/2023

Marc R. Pacheco

Third Bristol and Plymouth

4/12/2023

Estela A. Reyes

4th Essex

4/14/2023

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

5/12/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 588        FILED ON: 1/13/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1845

By Representatives Connolly of Cambridge and Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1845) of Mike Connolly, Erika Uyterhoeven and others relative to securing the right to strike for certain public employees.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act uplifting families and securing the right to strike for certain public employees.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 9 of chapter 150E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the words “a reasonable period” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 6 months.

SECTION 2. Said section 9 of chapter 150E, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 19, after the word “mediation” the following words:- not to exceed 6 months.

SECTION 3. Said section 9 of chapter 150E, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 22, the words “If the impasse continues after the conclusion of mediation, either” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- Either.

SECTION 4. Said section 9 of chapter 150E, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting at the end thereof the following paragraph:- The provisions of section 9A of this chapter shall not apply once a petition for a determination of the existence of an impasse is filed under this section, unless the negotiation pertains to public safety employees.

SECTION 5. Said chapter 150E, as so appearing, is hereby further amended in section 9A by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

(a) No public safety employee or public safety employee organization, or any other public employee or public employee organization prior to 6 months of negotiation over the terms of a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to section 9, shall engage in a strike, work stoppage, slowdown or withholding of services by such public employees.