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House leaders debate collective bargaining, election bill negotiations and Salt Lake City public-safety concerns
Summary
Lawmakers discussed a proposed change to public-employee collective bargaining (noting that Salt Lake City is the only jurisdiction with bargaining for police and firefighters), ongoing negotiations over Representative Burton’s election bill with Senate counterparts and county clerks, and collaboration with Salt Lake City on public-safety and jail capacity issues.
Unidentified Speaker expressed skepticism about expanding collective bargaining for public employees in Utah, saying they have seen negative effects on schools and stressing most Utah jurisdictions do not have collective bargaining for firefighters or police. “I think it’s important to know that there’s only 1 city that has collective bargaining ... That's Salt Lake City,” the Speaker said, and added that…
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