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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2014 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2078 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Mike Connolly and Erika Uyterhoeven |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act uplifting families and securing the right to strike for certain public employees. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 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 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2014 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2078 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Connolly of Cambridge and Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition |
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| 19 | 19 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2078) of Mike Connolly, Erika Uyterhoeven and others |
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| 20 | 20 | | relative to securing the right to strike for certain public employees. Labor and Workforce |
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| 21 | 21 | | Development. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1845 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act uplifting families and securing the right to strike for certain public employees. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 9 of chapter 150E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the words “a reasonable period” |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 6 months. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said section 9 of said chapter 150E, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5amended by inserting, in line 19, after the word “mediation” the following words:- not to exceed |
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| 37 | 37 | | 66 months. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 SECTION 3. Said section 9 of said chapter 150E, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8amended by inserting at the end thereof the following paragraph:- The provisions of section 9A 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9shall not apply once a petition for a determination of the existence of an impasse is filed under |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10this section, unless the negotiation pertains to public safety employees. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11 SECTION 4. Section 9A of said chapter 150E, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:- |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13 (a) No public employee or public employee organization prior to 6 months of negotiation |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14over the terms of a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to section 9 shall engage in a strike, |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15work stoppage, slowdown or withholding of services by such public employees; provided, |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16however, that no public safety employee or public safety employee organization shall engage in |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17a strike, work stoppage, slowdown or withholding of services in any circumstance. |
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