Police & Fire Monopoly-Bargaining Act

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110th Congress

The National Right to Work Committee® opposes the Police & Fire Monopoly-Bargaining Act (H.R. 980). The so-called "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007," introduced in the House on February 12, 2007 by Reps. Dale Kildee (D-Mich.) and John Duncan (R-Tenn.), would make Big Labor bosses monopoly bargaining agents for local and state police, firefighters, county paramedics, and other public-safety officers in all 50 states.

If enacted, H.R. 980, by federal fiat, would force thousands of state and local governments to recognize union officials as public-safety officers' "exclusive" bargaining agents.

If union organizers won a representation election by even 50% plus one of those voting, they would be empowered to negotiate contracts on behalf of 100% of the public-safety officers in each "bargaining unit."

Congressional action would thus strip tens of thousands of police and firemen of their freedom to negotiate directly with their employers on their own behalf. This prohibition, enforced by fines and firings for violators, is the foundation of compulsory unionism.

Besides stripping public-safety employees of their freedom, federally imposed monopoly bargaining would soak state and local taxpayers for hundreds of millions of dollars annually just to pay for the direct costs it would add onto the contract-negotiation process.

And in its application, H.R. 980 would endanger public safety by decimating volunteer fire departments that currently protect countless small communities across America. A fact well understood and opposed by small community mayors and volunteer firefighters alike.

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Federal Legislation

Bill		Position	Description	Status
H	980	Oppose	Police Fire Monopoly Bargaining Act	Text/Status
S	2123	Oppose	Police Fire Monopoly Bargaining Act	Text/Status

Fact Sheets

» The So-Called Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 is Anti-Federalist, Anti-Worker, and Anti-Taxpayer

August 27, 2007 - (PDF viewer required to view this document)

Letters

» Letter to Congressman Joe Sestak

October 23, 2007 - (PDF viewer required to view this document)

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