US Congress Senate Bill 1970 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-1)
Status: Introduced on June 25 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits strikes by certain individuals and requires the issuance of rules that provide for federal minimum standard collective bargaining rights and procedures. The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) shall determine for each state whether the laws of such state substantially provide for each of the minimum standard collective bargaining rights and procedures specified by this bill, including the right of public employees and supervisory employees to self-organize, form or join a labor organization, or collectively bargain. The FLRA must issue rules and take actions to establish and administer bargaining rights and procedures for those states that do not substantially provide for them. No employers, emergency services employees, or law enforcement officers may engage in a lockout, strike, or any other organized job action that would probably result in a measurable disruption of the delivery of emergency or public safety services. Furthermore, no labor organization may be the cause of a violation of such prohibition.

Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019

Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]
Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-25	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB3463 (Related) 2019-06-25 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1970/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1970/BILLS-116s1970is.pdf