Long hearing on bill to create state collective-bargaining system if federal protections collapse
House Bill 2471 would trigger a state-level collective-bargaining regime using the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) if federal National Labor Relations Board jurisdiction were to lapse; labor groups supported a state safety net while agricultural employers and small-business groups warned the measure could harm perishable-crop farmers and small employers and raised concerns about card-check and fiscal impacts.
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House Bill 2471, described at length to the Labor and Workplace Standards Committee on Jan. 21, is trigger legislation designed to create state-level collective-bargaining procedures for private-sector employees if the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were to be dissolved or federal preemption otherwise ended.
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