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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION | |
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Introduced By: Representatives McKiernan, Almeida, Johnston, Keable, and Lombardi | |
Date Introduced: March 22, 2017 | |
Referred To: House Labor | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 28-9.1-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-9.1 entitled |
2 | "Firefighters' Arbitration" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 28-9.1-17. Continuance of contractual provisions. |
4 | All contractual provisions contained in a collective bargaining agreement entered into |
5 | pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall continue in the following collective bargaining |
6 | agreement unless either the bargaining agent or the corporate authority shall, in writing, within |
7 | the thirty (30) day period referred to in ยง 28-9.1-7, propose a change in any contractual provision. |
8 | The parties may agree in writing to continue all contractual provisions contained in a collective |
9 | bargaining agreement until such time as the parties enter into, and have ratified or arbitrated, a |
10 | successor agreement. |
11 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION | |
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1 | This act would allow unionized firefighters to enter into an agreement which continues |
2 | all contractual provisions contained in an expiring contract until a successor agreement has been |
3 | reached. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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