| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public unions; modifying circumstances when supervisory employee |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 organizations can act as exclusive representative; amending Minnesota Statutes |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 2024, section 179A.06, subdivision 2. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 179A.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 2.Right to organize.(a) Public employees have the right to form and join labor |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8or employee organizations, and have the right not to form and join such organizations. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9Public employees in an appropriate unit have the right by secret ballot to designate an |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10exclusive representative to negotiate grievance procedures and the terms and conditions of |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11employment with their employer. Confidential employees of the state, confidential court |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12employees, and confidential University of Minnesota employees are excluded from |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13bargaining. Supervisory and managerial court employees are excluded from bargaining. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14Supervisory, managerial, and confidential employees of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15are excluded from bargaining. Other confidential employees, supervisory employees, |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16principals, and assistant principals may form their own organizations. An employer shall |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17extend exclusive recognition to a representative of or an organization of supervisory or |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18confidential employees, or principals and assistant principals, for the purpose of negotiating |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19terms or conditions of employment, in accordance with sections 179A.01 to 179A.25, |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20applicable to essential employees. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (b) Supervisory or confidential employee organizations shall not participate in any |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22capacity in any negotiations which involve units of employees other than supervisory or |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1.23confidential employees. Except for organizations which represent supervisors who are: (1) |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 25 | 25 | | REVISOR VH/KR 25-0166812/27/24 |
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| 26 | 26 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 28 | 28 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 29 | 29 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 30 | 30 | | H. F. No. 140 |
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| 31 | 31 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 32 | 32 | | Authored by Novotny and Witte01/22/2025 |
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| 33 | 33 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy 2.1firefighters, emergency medical service employees certified under section 144E.28, 911 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.2system public safety dispatchers, peace officers subject to licensure under sections 626.84 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.3to 626.863, guards at correctional facilities, or employees at hospitals other than state |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.4hospitals; and (2) not state or University of Minnesota employees, a supervisory or |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.5confidential employee organization which is affiliated with another employee organization |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.6which is the exclusive representative of nonsupervisory or nonconfidential employees of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.7the same public employer shall not be certified, or act as, an exclusive representative for |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.8the supervisory or confidential employees. For the purpose of this subdivision, affiliation |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.9means either direct or indirect and includes affiliation through a federation or joint body of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.10employee organizations. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 44 | 44 | | REVISOR VH/KR 25-0166812/27/24 |
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