PRINTER'S NO. 141
No. 129 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY J. L. WRIGHT, JR., FEBRUARY 6, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, FEBRUARY 7, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), entitled
2 "An act establishing rights in public employes to organize
3 and bargain collectively through selected representatives;
4 defining public employes to include employes of nonprofit
5 organizations and institutions; providing compulsory
6 mediation and fact-finding, for collective bargaining
7 impasses; providing arbitration for certain public employes
8 for collective bargaining impasses; defining the scope of
9 collective bargaining; establishing unfair employe and
10 employer practices; prohibiting strikes for certain public
11 employes; permitting strikes under limited conditions;
12 providing penalties for violations; and establishing
13 procedures for implementation," providing for public
14 disclosure of offer and demands.
15 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16 hereby enacts as follows:
17 Section 1. Section 801, act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563,
18 No.195), known as the "Public Employe Relations Act," is amended
19 to read:
20 Section 801. If after a reasonable period of negotiation, a
21 dispute or impasse exists between the representatives of the
22 public employer and the public employes, the parties may, after
23 public disclosure of the public employer's last offer and the
24 public employes' last demand, voluntarily submit to mediation
1 but if no agreement is reached between the parties within
2 twenty-one days after negotiations have commenced, but in no
3 event later than one hundred fifty days prior to the "budget
4 submission date," and mediation has not been utilized by the
5 parties, both parties shall immediately, in writing, call in the
6 service of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Mediation.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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