PRINTER'S NO. 4023
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2650
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, McGINNIS, BLOOM, ZIMMERMAN, ROTHMAN, KEEFER
AND COX, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
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 representation, providing
for recertification.
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 608. (a) The board shall conduct periodic
recertification elections using a secret ballot vote among the
public employes in a collective bargaining unit to determine if
the majority of the employes desire to continue representation.
(b) Recertification elections under subsection (a) shall be
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