.6902   Employees' right to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining.


67A.6902 Employees' right to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining.
(1)
Police officers, firefighter personnel, firefighters, and corrections personnel of an
urban-county government shall have, and shall be protected in the exercise of, the
right of self-organization, to form, join, or assist any labor organization, to bargain
collectively through representatives of their own choosing on questions of wages,
hours, and other conditions of employment free from interference, restraint, or
coercion.
(2)
Labor organizations designated by the department as the representative of the
majority of police officers, firefighter personnel, firefighters, or corrections
personnel in an appropriate unit or recognized by an urban-county government as
the representative of the majority of employees in an appropriate unit shall be the
exclusive representative for the employees of that unit for the purpose of collective
bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours, and other conditions of
employment.
(3)
Labor organizations recognized by an urban-county government as the exclusive
representative or so designated in accordance with the provisions of this section
shall be responsible for representing the interests of all police officers, firefighter
personnel, firefighters, or corrections personnel in the unit without discrimination.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 177, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created
2004 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97,
98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to
agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming
the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this
section.
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