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Bill would codify collective-bargaining protections for Department of Education professional staff after recent dispute
Summary
Representative Edwards sponsored a bill clarifying that nothing in the specified statutory section limits the collective-bargaining rights of professional, administrative and secretarial Department of Education employees, a response to a recent RIDE legal position that prompted grievances and a withdrawn declaratory-judgment filing.
Representative Edwards presented House Bill 5227 to clarify that a statutory section governing the Department of Education does not limit the right of professional, administrative and secretarial employees at RIDE to collectively bargain under existing state labor law.
Union witnesses described a recent dispute in which the Department of Education (RIDE) relied on language in the statute stating employees “serve at the pleasure of…
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