CSFCA: On-line Library of Resource Documents for the Fire Service
Welcome to the CSFCA Online Library.  The Library was developed to provide an online resource of documents for use by the fire service community.  Our members are making this possible by submitting their documents for inclusion in the library.  If you have documents to share or a recommendation for additional collections, please contact Paul Cooke.

Public Safety Unionization and Labor Relations

Will Big Labor Congress Prime the Pump for More State and Local Tax Hikes?  National Institute for Labor Relations Research.  April 16, 2009

Will Congress Mandate State and Local Unions?  ‘Public-Safety’ Act Would Turn Federalism Upside Down.  Capitol Research Center.  August 2008

Public Safety Employer–Employee Cooperation Act: The Heritage Foundation 2009 Labor Boot Camp, The Heritage Foundation. January 16, 2009

Mandatory Public-Safety Collective Bargaining Could be Made Less Onerous, The Heritage Foundation, May 13, 2008

Unionizing Public Safety Employees Threatens Volunteer Fire Departments and Public Safety, The Heritage Foundation.  September 21, 2007

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (H.R. 980) Policy Paper, International City/County Management Association, et al.  2007

H.R. 413, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009

On March 10, 2010, the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions took testimony on H.R. 413, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009.  The Subcommittee website provides links to video of testimony from proponents. 

H.R. 413, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009: Jim Tate

Jim Tate, Firefighter and President of the Fort Worth Professional Firefighters, testifies at a hearing about H.R. 413, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009 on March 10, 2010.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5R4Y068wzU

H.R. 413, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009: Mayor David Smith

Mayor David S. Smith of Lancaster, Ohio testifies at a hearing about H.R. 413, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009 on March 10, 2010.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyGYXanmyOU

H.R. 413, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009: Douglas Steele

Douglas L. Steele, Partner at Woodley & McGillivary, testifies at a hearing about H.R. 413, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009 on March 10, 2010.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsjFydNQAjE

Testimony Before the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions on H.R. 413, Public Safety-Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009 by Ellis Hankins, Executive Director, North Carolina League of Municipalities. March 10, 2010

Statement on the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act H.R. 413, 111th Session of Congress, International Public Management Association for Human Resources and International Municipal Lawyers Association

For more information concerning H.R. 413, go here.


Resources

Colorado Labor Peace Act; Title 8, Article 3, CRS

Colorado Labor Peace Act and Industrial Relations Act Rules of Procedure, Colorado Department of Labor And Employment, Division of Labor, 7CCR 1101-1

National Labor Relations Act

An Empirical Assessment of The Employee Free Choice Act: The Economic Implications, LECG Consulting. March 3, 2009


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