PRINTER'S NO. 3905
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2593
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY F. KELLER, BLOOM, COX, MACKENZIE, McGINNIS,
MENTZER, RYAN, THOMAS AND ZIMMERMAN, AUGUST 10, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, AUGUST 10, 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 definitions, further
providing for definitions; and, in employee rights, providing
for notice of right to resign membership.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 301(18) of the act of July 23, 1970
(P.L.563, No.195), known as the Public Employe Relations Act, is
amended to read:
Section 301. As used in this act:
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(18) "Maintenance of membership" means that all employes who
have joined an employe organization or who join the employe
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