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S. 2123 (110th)

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007

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Introduced

1 October 2007

Last action

1 October 2007 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sponsors

Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR], Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME], Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH], Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]

Subjects

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14 August 2025

Summary

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments. Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (Authority) to determine whether state law provides 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 and supervisory 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 Authority 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 Authority , 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 arbitrator's awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of such Authority regulations and orders through appropriate state courts. Prohibits public safety employers, employees, and labor organizations from engaging in lockouts, sickouts, work slowdowns, or strikes. Provides that existing collective bargaining units and agreements shall not be invalidated by this Act.

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Timeline

  1. 1 October 2007

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 1 October 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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