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In a victory for NAPO, the House Education and
Labor Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, chaired
by Congressman Robert Andrews (D-NJ), will be holding a hearing
on the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009 (the
Public Safety Collective Bargaining bill), H.R. 413, on March 10,
2010, at 10:30 a.m. NAPO was instrumental in securing
the hearing and has been working with the Subcommittee staff in
preparation for it. NAPO will be submitting testimony to ensure
lawmakers fully recognize the importance of giving public safety
officers the right to discuss workplace issues with their employers.
In June 2007, NAPO was the sole rank-and-file
organization to testify on behalf of law enforcement at the Subcommittee
hearing on H.R. 980, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation
Act of 2007. Within a month, the House overwhelmingly passed
the bill for the first time in the 12 years NAPO had been fighting
for its passage. NAPO is working to ensure that the hearing
on March 10 gives this important legislation that same momentum
so that we can pass this bill and ensure that all public safety
officers have the basic American right to collectively bargain.
Please check NAPO’s website for updates on this
important bill and the work NAPO is doing in its fight to pass
the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act.
Click here
to read NAPO submitted testimony.
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