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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2014 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2078
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 Connolly26th Middlesex1/15/2025Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex1/15/2025Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/13/2025Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex2/13/2025Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/13/2025James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol2/13/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/27/2025Tara T. Hong18th Middlesex3/6/2025David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester3/10/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2014 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2078
By Representatives Connolly of Cambridge and Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2078) of Mike Connolly, Erika Uyterhoeven and others
relative to securing the right to strike for certain public employees. Labor and Workforce
Development.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1845 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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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:
1 SECTION 1. Section 9 of chapter 150E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the words “a reasonable period”
3and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 6 months.
4 SECTION 2. Said section 9 of said chapter 150E, as so appearing, is hereby further
5amended by inserting, in line 19, after the word “mediation” the following words:- not to exceed
66 months.
7 SECTION 3. Said section 9 of said chapter 150E, as so appearing, is hereby further
8amended by inserting at the end thereof the following paragraph:- The provisions of section 9A 2 of 2
9shall not apply once a petition for a determination of the existence of an impasse is filed under
10this section, unless the negotiation pertains to public safety employees.
11 SECTION 4. Section 9A of said chapter 150E, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
12striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
13 (a) No public employee or public employee organization prior to 6 months of negotiation
14over the terms of a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to section 9 shall engage in a strike,
15work stoppage, slowdown or withholding of services by such public employees; provided,
16however, that no public safety employee or public safety employee organization shall engage in
17a strike, work stoppage, slowdown or withholding of services in any circumstance.