Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-425

EPS 425

Sanctity of Collective Bargaining

Messrs. Timilty, Welch, Moore, Rush and McGee moved that the proposed new text be amended by adding at the end thereof the following new Section:-

SECTION X. Section 7(d) of chapter 150E is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (q), the following new subsection:-

“(r) sections one through thirty-one, inclusive, of chapter twenty-two C; provided, however, that any provision of the collective bargaining agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 150E by the Commonwealth and the employee organization representing the bargaining unit of the non-commissioned officers of the department of state police which conflicts with any provision of chapter twenty-two C can be suspended in the event of and only for the duration of an emergency which requires such suspension. For purposes of the sub-section, an emergency is defined as a condition in which the safety of the public is in imminent danger, such as a threat to life or health or where immediate law enforcement intervention is required to maintain or restore such public safety.”