PRINTER'S NO. 175
No. 169 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BELL, COSTA AND STOUT, JANUARY 30, 2001
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 30, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 1, 1937 (P.L.1168, No.294), entitled
2 "An act to protect the right of employes to organize and
3 bargain collectively; creating the Pennsylvania Labor
4 Relations Board; conferring powers and imposing duties upon
5 the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, officers of the State
6 government, and courts; providing for the right of employes
7 to organize and bargain collectively; declaring certain labor
8 practices by employers to be unfair; further providing that
9 representatives of a majority of the employes be the
10 exclusive representatives of all the employes; authorizing
11 the board to conduct hearings and elections, and certify as
12 to representatives of employes for purposes of collective
13 bargaining; empowering the board to prevent any person from
14 engaging in any unfair labor practice, and providing a
15 procedure for such cases, including the issuance of a
16 complaint, the conducting of a hearing, and the making of an
17 order; empowering the board to petition a court of common
18 pleas for the enforcement of its order, and providing a
19 procedure for such cases; providing for the review of an
20 order of the board by a court of common pleas on petition of
21 any person aggrieved by such order, and establishing a
22 procedure for such cases; providing for an appeal from the
23 common pleas court to the Supreme Court; providing the board
24 with investigatory powers, including the power to issue
25 subpoenas and the compelling of obedience to them through
26 application to the proper court; providing for service of
27 papers and process of the board; prescribing certain
28 penalties," further providing for unfair labor practices.
29 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
30 hereby enacts as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 6(1) of the act of June 1, 1937
2 (P.L.1168, No.294), known as the Pennsylvania Labor Relations
3 Act, is amended by adding a subsection to read:
4 Section 6. Unfair Labor Practices.--(1) It shall be an
5 unfair labor practice for an employer--
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7 (g) To hire replacement employes when the Unemployment
8 Compensation Board of Review has determined that a work stoppage
9 is, in fact, a lockout.
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11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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