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H.R. 2586 · 117th Congress

Fire Fighters and EMS Employer-Employee Cooperation Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 117th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

DKD KildeeSponsor
212 cosponsors · 198 D, 14 R
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11 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether a state substantially provides fire and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 15, 2021

Fire Fighters and EMS Employer-Employee Cooperation Act

This bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether a state substantially provides fire and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel

  • the right to form and join a labor organization;
  • recognition by fire and EMS employers of the employees' labor organization, agreement to bargain with the organization, and reduction of any agreements to writing in a contract or memorandum of understanding;
  • the right to bargain over hours, wages, and terms and conditions of employment; and
  • arbitration or other mechanisms to resolve an impasse in collective bargaining negotiations.

The bill makes the authority responsible for (1) determining the appropriateness of units for labor representation; (2) supervising elections; (3) conducting hearings and resolving complaints of unfair labor practices; and (4) protecting the right of employees to form, join, or assist any labor organization, or to refrain from doing so.

An employer, fire and EMS personnel, or labor organization may not engage in a lockout, sickout, work slowdown, strike, or any other organized job action that will measurably disrupt the delivery of emergency services and is designed to compel an employer, fire and EMS personnel, or labor organization to agree to the terms of a proposed contract.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Fire Fighters and EMS Employer-Employee Cooperation Act

Latest action (Apr 15, 2021): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 15, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.