HOUSE BILL No. 6039

 

April 13, 2010, Introduced by Rep. Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Labor.

 

     A bill to amend 1969 PA 312, entitled

 

"An act to provide for compulsory arbitration of labor disputes in

municipal police and fire departments; to define such public

departments; to provide for the selection of members of arbitration

panels; to prescribe the procedures and authority thereof; and to

provide for the enforcement and review of awards thereof,"

 

by amending section 13 (MCL 423.243).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 13. (1) During mediation or the pendency of proceedings

 

before the arbitration panel, existing wages, hours, and other

 

conditions of employment shall not be changed from the terms of the

 

most recently applicable collective bargaining agreement by action

 

of either party without the consent of the other, but a party may

 

so consent without prejudice to his or her rights or position under

 


this act.

 

     (2) For purposes of this section, a payroll deduction

 

authorized in a collective bargaining agreement is a condition of

 

employment.