101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0740

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
115 ILCS 5/3  from Ch. 48, par. 1703

    Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning employee rights.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act is
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (115 ILCS 5/3)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1703)
7    Sec. 3. Employee rights.
8    (a) It shall be lawful for educational employees to
9organize, form, join, or assist in employee organizations or
10engage in lawful concerted activities for the the purpose of
11collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection or
12bargain collectively through representatives of their own free
13choice and, except as provided in Section 11, such employees
14shall also have the right to refrain from any or all such
15activities.
16    (b) Representatives selected by educational employees in a
17unit appropriate for collective bargaining purposes shall be
18the exclusive representative of all the employees in such unit
19to bargain on wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment.
20However, any individual employee or a group of employees may at
21any time present grievances to their employer and have them
22adjusted without the intervention of the bargaining
23representative as long as the adjustment is not inconsistent

 

 

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1with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement then in
2effect, provided that the bargaining representative has been
3given an opportunity to be present at such adjustment.
4(Source: P.A. 83-1014.)