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Senate panel hears competing views on assistant attorney general unionization, workers’ compensation and incarcerated-worker wages
Summary
The Senate committee heard testimony on several labor proposals, including a measure to allow assistant attorneys general to unionize and changes to workers’ compensation rules, and received conflicting testimony over costs and feasibility.
Several labor-related proposals were discussed in the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs and reported to the House Commerce & Economic Development Committee by legislative intern Helen R. Graves on Feb. 28.
One proposal would allow assistant attorneys general to organize in collective bargaining; Todd DeLoz, director of policy and legislative affairs at the attorney general’s office, testified and said there is an existing pay-parity framework that, in his view, reduces the need for…
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