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Bill would allow one side to request fact finding in K–12 labor disputes; school groups urge more study
Summary
Senate Bill 310 would allow one party in an education labor impasse to petition for fact finding during the 30-day cooling-off period, restoring a neutral step supporters say can reduce strikes.
Senate Bill 310 would permit a single party in a public education labor dispute to petition the Employment Relations Board for appointment of a fact finder during the statutorily defined cooling-off period, restoring a tool that was commonly used prior to 1995.
Michael Dembrow, former chair of the Senate Education Committee and sponsor of SB 310, described the measure as a limited, education-specific restoration of a fact-finding step that aimed to separate rhetoric from evidence and produce a neutral report to aid settlement. Dembrow described the historical practice and cited ORS provisions that currently reference factors a fact finder considers,…
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