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Lawmakers, staff and unions press to let statehouse employees unionize
Summary
Supporters of bills H.2093 and S.1343 told the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development on Oct. 28 that legislative employees should have the same collective‑bargaining rights as other public workers.
Supporters of bills H.2093 and S.1343 told the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development on Oct. 28 that legislative employees should have the same collective‑bargaining rights as other public workers. Sponsors and a long list of current and former staffers described pay and benefit disparities, high turnover and workplace issues that they say hamper the legislature’s ability to retain experienced staff.
Representative Rodney Elliott, who carried the House version after the death of its original sponsor, said the measure would bring legislative employees under the umbrella of…
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