On Wednesday, March 10, the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing to examine legislation that would extend the right to bargain collectively for better working conditions, wages, or benefits to public safety officers such as firefighters, law enforcement officers, and emergency medical services personnel. Only 25 states fully protect the right of state and local public safety employees to collectively bargain.
The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009 would provide basic labor protections for state and local public safety workers. Identical legislation passed the House of Representatives in 2007 on a bipartisan vote of 314 to 97.
WHAT:
HELP Subcommittee Hearing on “H.R. 413, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009”
WHO:
Chuck Canterbury, national president, Fraternal Order of Police
Ellis Hankins, executive director, North Carolina League of Municipalities, Raleigh, N.C.
Mayor David S. Smith, Lancaster, Ohio
Doug Stafford, vice president, National Right to Work Committee, Arlington, Virginia
Douglas L. Steele, partner, Woodley & McGillivary, Washington, D.C.
Jim Tate, firefighter and president, Fort Worth Professional Firefighters, Fort Worth, Texas
Marshall Thielen, police officer and president of the Fairfax Coalition of Police and Vice President of Region 10, International Union of Police Associations, Fairfax, Virginia
WHEN:
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
10:30 a.m. ET
Please check the Committee schedule for potential updates »
WHERE:
House Education and Labor Committee Hearing Room
2175 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Note: This hearing will be webcast live from the Education and Labor Committee website.
The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009 would provide basic labor protections for state and local public safety workers. Identical legislation passed the House of Representatives in 2007 on a bipartisan vote of 314 to 97.
WHAT:
HELP Subcommittee Hearing on “H.R. 413, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009”
WHO:
Chuck Canterbury, national president, Fraternal Order of Police
Ellis Hankins, executive director, North Carolina League of Municipalities, Raleigh, N.C.
Mayor David S. Smith, Lancaster, Ohio
Doug Stafford, vice president, National Right to Work Committee, Arlington, Virginia
Douglas L. Steele, partner, Woodley & McGillivary, Washington, D.C.
Jim Tate, firefighter and president, Fort Worth Professional Firefighters, Fort Worth, Texas
Marshall Thielen, police officer and president of the Fairfax Coalition of Police and Vice President of Region 10, International Union of Police Associations, Fairfax, Virginia
WHEN:
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
10:30 a.m. ET
Please check the Committee schedule for potential updates »
WHERE:
House Education and Labor Committee Hearing Room
2175 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Note: This hearing will be webcast live from the Education and Labor Committee website.
