93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4374


 
Introduced 02/03/04, by Larry McKeon
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		












5 ILCS 315/8
  from Ch. 48, par. 1608









    Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.  Provides that submission of
all disciplinary matters to the grievance and arbitration procedure is a
mandatory subject of bargaining notwithstanding the existence of any other
applicable statute.



















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A BILL FOR









 














HB4374

LRB093 19397 MKM 45135 b









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    AN ACT concerning labor relations. 

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is 
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amended by changing
Section 8 as follows:


 
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    (5 ILCS 315/8)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1608)

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    Sec. 8. Grievance Procedure.   The collective bargaining 
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agreement negotiated
between the employer and the exclusive 
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representative shall contain a grievance
resolution procedure 
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which shall apply to all employees in the bargaining
unit and 
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shall provide for final and binding arbitration of disputes 
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concerning
the administration or interpretation of the 
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agreement unless mutually agreed
otherwise.  Any agreement 
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containing a final and binding arbitration provision
shall also 
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contain a provision prohibiting strikes for the duration of the

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agreement.  The grievance and
arbitration provisions of any 
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collective bargaining agreement shall be subject
to the 
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Illinois "Uniform Arbitration Act".  The costs of such 
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arbitration
shall be borne equally by the employer and the 
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employee organization.  The
submission of all disciplinary 
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matters to the grievance and arbitration
procedure is a 
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mandatory subject of bargaining notwithstanding the existence 
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of
any other applicable statute.


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(Source: P.A. 83-1012.)