Sergeants Benevolent Association Taylor Law; Reform Legislation Passes the Legislature.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Legislation Aims to Level the Playing Field by Penalizing State Employers for Failure to Bargain in Good Faith The New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA SBA abbr. Small Business Administration Noun 1. SBA - an independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government ) today announced that legislation aimed at employers who fail to bargain in good faith unanimously passed both houses of the Legislature. The bill, S 3208-A by Senator Joseph Robach (R-56 S. D.) and A 6955-A by Assemblyman Peter Abbate Peter Abbate Jr. (b. 1949) represents District 49 in the New York State Assembly, which consists of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Borough Park, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst. (D-49 A.D.) was developed and introduced at the request of the SBA. It now awaits Governor Pataki's signature in order to become law. The bill will achieve two major reforms. Firstly, employee organizations filing improper employer practice charges of failure to negotiate in good faith will have a right to an expedited determination by the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB PERB Public Employment Relations Board (Canada) PERB Phoenix Employment Relations Board (Arizona) PERB Performance Evaluation Review Board ). Secondly, the bill would grant PERB the discretion to require the employer to pay restitution to offset any economic gains resulting from such failure to bargain in good faith. "The labor community is on the road to accomplishing a level of reform that has not been achieved since the passage of the original Taylor Law The Public Employees Fair Employment Act (more commonly known as the Taylor Law) refers to Article 14 of the New York State Civil Service Law, which defines the rights and limitations of unions for public employees in New York. over thirty years ago," said SBA President Ed Mullins. "This legislation would finally help level the playing field at the bargaining table and prevent the employer from unfairly using the system to their own economic advantage. "We ask all members of the labor community who have fallen victim to the City's stalling tactics to join together in support of this SBA-sponsored legislation. Send letters of support to Governor Pataki and urge him to sign the Taylor Law Reform Bill into law." |
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