S. 3991 — 111th Congress
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2010
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Dec 8, 2010Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 43. Record Vote Number: 266. (consideration: CR S8626-8627; text: CR S8626)
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As of Nov 30, 2010Introduced in Senate
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2010 - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments.
Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether a state substantially provides for specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management, supervisory, and confidential employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization.
Requires the FLRA to issue, in accordance with the public safety employee rights and responsibilities, regulations establishing collective bargaining procedures for public safety employers and employees in states that do not substantially provide for such rights and responsibilities.
Directs the FLRA, in such cases, to: (1) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (2) supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a voting majority of the employees in an appropriate unit; (3) resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith; (4) conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices; and (5) resolve exceptions to arbitrators' awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of FLRA regulations and orders through appropriate state courts.
Prohibits public safety employers, employees, and labor organizations from engaging in lockouts, sickouts, work slowdowns, or strikes. Waives federal preemption of state law governing strikes by public safety officers.
Provides that existing collective bargaining units and agreements shall not be invalidated by this Act.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordDec 8, 2010 · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Full roll call30 of 100 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 55: 36 D · 2 I
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| INOUYE, Daniel Ken | HI |
| LAUTENBERG, Frank Raleigh | NJ |
| WEBB, James H. | VA |
| BINGAMAN, Jesse Francis (Jeff), Jr. | NM |
| SPECTER, Arlen | PA |
| FEINGOLD, Russell Dana | WI |
| LIEBERMAN, Joseph I. | CT |
| DODD, Christopher John | CT |
| BAUCUS, Max Sieben | MT |
| DORGAN, Byron Leslie | ND |
| NELSON, Earl Benjamin | NE |
| BAYH, Evan | IN |
| KERRY, John Forbes | MA |
| KOHL, Herbert H. | WI |
| LINCOLN, Blanche Lambert | AR |
| AKAKA, Daniel Kahikina | HI |
| CONRAD, Kent | ND |
| Mark Begich | AK |
| Mark L. Pryor | AR |
| Barbara Boxer | CA |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA |
| Mark Udall | CO |
| Christopher A. Coons | DE |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE |
| Bill Nelson | FL |
| Tom Harkin | IA |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL |
| Mary L. Landrieu | LA |
| Barbara A. Mikulski | MD |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD |
| Carl Levin | MI |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI |
| Al Franken | MN |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN |
| Claire McCaskill | MO |
| Jon Tester | MT |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH |
| Robert Menendez | NJ |
| Tom Udall | NM |
| Harry Reid | NV |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY |
| Sherrod Brown | OH |
| Jeff Merkley | OR |
| Ron Wyden | OR |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA |
| Jack Reed | RI |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI |
| Tim Johnson | SD |
| Patrick J. Leahy | VT |
| Maria Cantwell | WA |
| Patty Murray | WA |
| John D. Rockefeller, IV | WV |
| Bernard Sanders | VT |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV |
Nay — 43: 29 R · 3 D
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| VOINOVICH, George Victor | OH |
| LUGAR, Richard Green | IN |
| BUNNING, James Paul David | KY |
| ENSIGN, John Eric | NV |
| BOND, Christopher Samuel | MO |
| SNOWE, Olympia Jean | ME |
| HUTCHISON, Kathryn Ann Bailey | TX |
| DeMINT, James W. | SC |
| BENNETT, Robert Foster | UT |
| LEMIEUX, George S. | FL |
| BROWN, Scott P. | MA |
| Michael F. Bennet | CO |
| Kay R. Hagan | NC |
| Mark R. Warner | VA |
| Lisa Murkowski | AK |
| Jeff Sessions | AL |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL |
| John McCain | AZ |
| Jon Kyl | AZ |
| Johnny Isakson | GA |
| Saxby Chambliss | GA |
| Chuck Grassley | IA |
| James E. Risch | ID |
| Mike Crapo | ID |
| Mark Kirk | IL |
| Pat Roberts | KS |
| Mitch McConnell | KY |
| David Vitter | LA |
| Susan M. Collins | ME |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS |
| Thad Cochran | MS |
| Richard Burr | NC |
| Mike Johanns | NE |
| James M. Inhofe | OK |
| Tom Coburn | OK |
| Lindsey Graham | SC |
| John Thune | SD |
| Bob Corker | TN |
| Lamar Alexander | TN |
| John Cornyn | TX |
| Orrin G. Hatch | UT |
| John Barrasso | WY |
| Michael B. Enzi | WY |
Not Voting — 2
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| BROWNBACK, Sam Dale | KS |
| GREGG, Judd Alan | NH |
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