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Committee considers raising threshold to trigger union decertification petitions to 50% plus one
Summary
The committee debated a proposal to change the showing‑of‑interest threshold for union decertification petitions from 30% of the bargaining unit to 50% plus one, and whether to apply that change across multiple labor‑relations statutes. Members voiced competing views about employee choice, fairness and susceptibility to outside "decertification"
The House General & Housing Committee on May 6 heard debate over proposed changes to decertification rules that would raise the showing‑of‑interest threshold required to trigger a decertification election from 30% to 50% plus one.
Sophie, the committee counsel, outlined that the senate’s original language applied the change to the State Employee Labor Relations Act (CELRA/SELRO as described in the markup) and that staff had drafted additional sections to extend a 50%‑plus‑one requirement to other statutes, including the Judicial Employee Labor Relations Act, teachers and administrators act, municipal employees act,…
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