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A10187Assembly2009-2010 Session

Removes the requirement that a public employer continue terms of an expired agreement until a new agreement is negotiated with an employee organization

Sponsor Robert CastelliAD-89+3 co-sponsorsAffects Finance
Status
In Assembly Committee
Governmental Employees
Impact
Pending
Passage
Pending

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Primary sponsor
Robert Castelli

Assembly Member · Assembly District 89

1 Multi-sponsor

History

  1. Held for consideration in governmental employees
  2. Referred to governmental employees

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Sponsor's memo

BILL NUMBER:A10187

Title of bill

An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to removing the requirement that a public employer continue terms of an expired agreement until a new agreement is negotiated with an employee organization

Purpose

Removes the requirement that a public employer continue terms of an expired agreement until a new agreement is negotiated with an employee organization.

Summary of provisions

Section 1: Paragraph (e) of Subdivision 1 of section 209-a of the civil service law is deleted, and the original paragraphs (f), and (g), are renumbered as (e), and (f).

Section 2: This act shall take effect immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:; The 1982 Triborough Amendment to the Taylor Law prohib- its a public employer from altering any provision of an expired labor agreement until a new agreement is reached.

New York is the only state in the nation to have such a requirement, and in the private sector, where collective bargaining has existed for more than 60 years under the National. Labor Relations Act, no similar obli- gation is imposed upon employers who are parties to a labor contract.

This mandate undermines the collective bargaining process and discour- ages those at the negotiating table from making givebacks or conces- sions, putting New York's taxpayers at an extreme disadvantage.

The Triborough Amendment should be repealed so that public employer's and employees can be encouraged to work together to achieve labor contracts that are both fair and affordable.

Prior legislative history

New bill.

FISCAL. IMPLICATIONS: The bill will bring an undetermined amount of savings to the state and localities- by granting them greater flexibili- ty to negotiate when an agreement is failed to be reached, as employers will no longer be forced to abide by the previous collective bargaining agreement.

Effective date

This act shall take effect immediately. (1101-8

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