S. 3991 — 111th Congress

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2010

Originated in the Senate · Introduced Nov 30, 2010 · Labor and Employment

Sponsor

Harry Reid

Latest action

Dec 8, 2010

Cloture 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)

CRS summary

As of Nov 30, 2010

Introduced 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 record

Dec 8, 2010 · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed

Full roll call

Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (55–43)

30 of 100 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea55: 36 D · 2 I

MemberPartyState
INOUYE, Daniel KenHI
LAUTENBERG, Frank RaleighNJ
WEBB, James H.VA
BINGAMAN, Jesse Francis (Jeff), Jr.NM
SPECTER, ArlenPA
FEINGOLD, Russell DanaWI
LIEBERMAN, Joseph I.CT
DODD, Christopher JohnCT
BAUCUS, Max SiebenMT
DORGAN, Byron LeslieND
NELSON, Earl BenjaminNE
BAYH, EvanIN
KERRY, John ForbesMA
KOHL, Herbert H.WI
LINCOLN, Blanche LambertAR
AKAKA, Daniel KahikinaHI
CONRAD, KentND
Mark BegichDemocratAK
Mark L. PryorDemocratAR
Barbara BoxerDemocratCA
Dianne FeinsteinDemocratCA
Mark UdallDemocratCO
Christopher A. CoonsDemocratDE
Thomas R. CarperDemocratDE
Bill NelsonDemocratFL
Tom HarkinDemocratIA
Richard J. DurbinDemocratIL
Mary L. LandrieuDemocratLA
Barbara A. MikulskiDemocratMD
Benjamin L. CardinDemocratMD
Carl LevinDemocratMI
Debbie StabenowDemocratMI
Al FrankenDemocratMN
Amy KlobucharDemocratMN
Claire McCaskillDemocratMO
Jon TesterDemocratMT
Jeanne ShaheenDemocratNH
Robert MenendezDemocratNJ
Tom UdallDemocratNM
Harry ReidDemocratNV
Charles E. SchumerDemocratNY
Kirsten E. GillibrandDemocratNY
Sherrod BrownDemocratOH
Jeff MerkleyDemocratOR
Ron WydenDemocratOR
Robert P. Casey, Jr.DemocratPA
Jack ReedDemocratRI
Sheldon WhitehouseDemocratRI
Tim JohnsonDemocratSD
Patrick J. LeahyDemocratVT
Maria CantwellDemocratWA
Patty MurrayDemocratWA
John D. Rockefeller, IVDemocratWV
Bernard SandersIndependentVT
Joe Manchin, IIIIndependentWV

Nay43: 29 R · 3 D

MemberPartyState
VOINOVICH, George VictorOH
LUGAR, Richard GreenIN
BUNNING, James Paul DavidKY
ENSIGN, John EricNV
BOND, Christopher SamuelMO
SNOWE, Olympia JeanME
HUTCHISON, Kathryn Ann BaileyTX
DeMINT, James W.SC
BENNETT, Robert FosterUT
LEMIEUX, George S.FL
BROWN, Scott P.MA
Michael F. BennetDemocratCO
Kay R. HaganDemocratNC
Mark R. WarnerDemocratVA
Lisa MurkowskiRepublicanAK
Jeff SessionsRepublicanAL
Richard C. ShelbyRepublicanAL
John McCainRepublicanAZ
Jon KylRepublicanAZ
Johnny IsaksonRepublicanGA
Saxby ChamblissRepublicanGA
Chuck GrassleyRepublicanIA
James E. RischRepublicanID
Mike CrapoRepublicanID
Mark KirkRepublicanIL
Pat RobertsRepublicanKS
Mitch McConnellRepublicanKY
David VitterRepublicanLA
Susan M. CollinsRepublicanME
Roger F. WickerRepublicanMS
Thad CochranRepublicanMS
Richard BurrRepublicanNC
Mike JohannsRepublicanNE
James M. InhofeRepublicanOK
Tom CoburnRepublicanOK
Lindsey GrahamRepublicanSC
John ThuneRepublicanSD
Bob CorkerRepublicanTN
Lamar AlexanderRepublicanTN
John CornynRepublicanTX
Orrin G. HatchRepublicanUT
John BarrassoRepublicanWY
Michael B. EnziRepublicanWY

Not Voting2

MemberPartyState
BROWNBACK, Sam DaleKS
GREGG, Judd AlanNH

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