Question One would require binding arbitration and include benefits in state budget presentations
League experts explained Question One, which would require budgets to include negotiated benefits and make most state bargaining units (except higher education) subject to binding arbitration; speakers summarized likely budget impacts and legislative limits.
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Nancy Saurin described Question One as a constitutional amendment that requires governors to include "all terms and conditions" — not just wages — in memoranda of understanding for state collective bargaining units, and to present a budget figure that reflects those terms. She said the amendment would also subject all units of government, with the exception of higher education, to binding arbitration after an impasse, producing a binding determination for both sides.
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