HB 1443 -- Collective Bargaining for Emergency Response Personnel

Sponsor:  Wildberger

This bill establishes collective bargaining rights for emergency
response personnel.  In its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Allows emergency response personnel, through an exclusive
bargaining representative, to bargain collectively with the
appropriate legislative body over wages, hours, and other
conditions of employment if:

(a)  The appropriate legislative body, on its own accord, adopts
the Missouri Emergency Response Personnel Strike Prevention and
Arbitration Act by resolution, order, or ordinance; or

(b)  Voters approve adoption of the act after an election request
by a certain number of petitioners;

(2)  Sets out the collective bargaining process in detail and
the steps to be taken if the public body and the bargaining
representative reach an impasse, including mutually agreed-upon
mediation or arbitration;

(3)  Lists the factors to be considered by arbitrators in the
event of the failure to reach an agreement under negotiation; and

(4)  Prohibits strikes, authorizing fines and incarceration for
employees who strike, and decertification of bargaining
representatives who call for strikes.

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 23, 2004 at 11:15 am