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345.020 Policy and purpose.
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Whereas, the denial by some public employers of the right of firefighters to
organize and the refusal by such employers to accept the procedure of
collective bargaining leads to various forms of strife and unrest, with the
consequent effect of obstructing public business. Unresolved disputes in the
public service are injurious to the public, the governmental agencies involved,
and the firefighters.
Whereas, experience has proved that protection by law of the right of public
employees to organize and bargain collectively safeguards the public business
from injury, impairment, or interruptions, and promotes public business by
removing certain recognized sources of strife and unrest, by encouraging
practices fundamental to the friendly adjustment of disputes arising out of
differences as to wages, hours, or other working conditions, and by creating
equality of bargaining power between employers and employees.
Whereas, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of Kentucky to
eliminate the causes of certain substantial obstructions to public business and
to mitigate and eliminate these obstructions when they have occurred by
encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining and by
protecting the exercise by firefighters of full freedom of association,
self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing, for
the purpose of negotiating the terms and conditions of their employment or
other mutual aid or protection.
History: Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 3.
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