PRINTER'S NO. 1074
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
829
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY STREET AND COSTA, JULY 6, 2017
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JULY 6, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), entitled
"An act establishing rights in public employes to organize
and bargain collectively through selected representatives;
defining public employes to include employes of nonprofit
organizations and institutions; providing compulsory
mediation and fact-finding, for collective bargaining
impasses; providing arbitration for certain public employes
for collective bargaining impasses; defining the scope of
collective bargaining; establishing unfair employe and
employer practices; prohibiting strikes for certain public
employes; permitting strikes under limited conditions;
providing penalties for violations; and establishing
procedures for implementation," in collective bargaining
impasse, further providing for collective bargaining impasse;
providing for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority Collective Bargaining; and, in strikes, further
providing for strikes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known
as the Public Employe Relations Act, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 808. A dispute or impasse between the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and public employes shall
be governed by Article VIII-A.
Section 2. The act is amended by adding an article to read:
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