Now for something completely different

On January 9, 2009, Representative Dale Kildee [D-MI] filed H.R. 413, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009, in the United States House of Representatives. The bill is almost identical to the 2007 bill. It includes a provision permitting a state to exempt from the bill’s requirements any political subdivision with less than 5,000 population or fewer than 25 full-time employees. However, one significant change is that the new bill would prohibit states and political subdivisions from regulating public safety employees’ off-duty, part-time employment or volunteer work in an agreement negotiated under the Act.

H.R. 413 has not yet come to a vote in the U.S. House. City officials are urged to contact their U.S. representatives to express their opposition to H.R. 413.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on February 11, 2009 at 7:33pm

does this benefit firefighters with something that they don't currently enjoy?

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Permalink Reply by Oldman on February 17, 2009 at 5:56pm

It might allow probies to work extra jobs during their probation, which a lot of cities (Houston) don't allow right now. But it might take some of the powers away from current unions by making the Feds the mediators in disagreements.