Senator Dickey says technical fix to public-sector recertification law would protect workers’ votes
Senator Dickey urged final passage of Senate File 472, calling it a "pro-worker" technical fix after officials said many required recertification elections were not held between 2020 and 2023; the transcript records a motion to read the bill for the final time but does not show a final passage vote in the provided excerpt.
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Senator Dickey, the senator from Jefferson, urged final consideration of Senate File 472, describing it as a technical change intended to protect public employees’ votes. "This is a pro worker bill. This is not a union busting bill. Rather, it's a technical fix to the existing law," Dickey said, adding that from 2020 to 2023 "nearly half of the elections that should have taken place didn't."
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