Full Text of SB2371 103rd General Assembly
SB2371ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Kam Buckner Filed: 4/18/2024 | | 10300SB2371ham001 | | LRB103 30833 BDA 72455 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2371
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2371 on page 1, | 3 | | line 5, by replacing "Section 3" with "Sections 3 and 17"; and | 4 | | on page 19, immediately below line 2, by inserting the | 5 | | following: | 6 | | " (o-10) "Public sector attorneys" means any of the | 7 | | following attorneys who are not managerial employees, as | 8 | | defined in subsection (j) of Section 3: Assistant State's | 9 | | Attorneys, Assistant Public Defenders, Assistant Appellate | 10 | | Defenders, Assistant Appellate Prosecutors, and attorneys in | 11 | | the office of the Cook County Public Guardian. "; and | 12 | | on page 24, immediately below line 16, by inserting the | 13 | | following: | 14 | | "(5 ILCS 315/17) (from Ch. 48, par. 1617) | 15 | | Sec. 17. Right to strike. |
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| 1 | | (a) Nothing in this Act shall make it unlawful or make it | 2 | | an unfair labor practice for public employees, other than | 3 | | security employees, as defined in subsection (p) of Section | 4 | | 3 (p) , peace officers, fire fighters, and paramedics employed | 5 | | by fire departments and fire protection districts, and public | 6 | | sector attorneys, as defined in subsection (o-10) of Section | 7 | | 3, to strike except as otherwise provided in this Act. Public | 8 | | employees who are permitted to strike may strike only if: | 9 | | (1) the employees are represented by an exclusive | 10 | | bargaining representative; | 11 | | (2) the collective bargaining agreement between the | 12 | | public employer and the public employees, if any, has | 13 | | expired, or such collective bargaining agreement does not | 14 | | prohibit the strike; | 15 | | (3) the public employer and the labor organization | 16 | | have not mutually agreed to submit the disputed issues to | 17 | | final and binding arbitration; | 18 | | (4) the exclusive representative has requested a | 19 | | mediator pursuant to Section 12 for the purpose of | 20 | | mediation or conciliation of a dispute between the public | 21 | | employer and the exclusive representative and mediation | 22 | | has been used; and | 23 | | (5) at least 5 days have elapsed after a notice of | 24 | | intent to strike has been given by the exclusive | 25 | | bargaining representative to the public employer. | 26 | | In mediation under this Section, if either party requests |
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| 1 | | the use of mediation services from the Federal Mediation and | 2 | | Conciliation Service, the other party shall either join in | 3 | | such request or bear the additional cost of mediation services | 4 | | from another source. | 5 | | (b) An employee who participates in a strike, work | 6 | | stoppage or slowdown, in violation of this Act shall be | 7 | | subject to discipline by the employer. No employer may pay or | 8 | | cause such employee to be paid any wages or other compensation | 9 | | for such periods of participation, except for wages or | 10 | | compensation earned before participation in such strike. | 11 | | (c) Public sector attorneys, as defined in subsection | 12 | | (o-10) of Section 3, may not engage in a strike. If there is an | 13 | | impasse between a unit of public sector attorneys and a public | 14 | | employer, the parties shall submit the dispute to interest | 15 | | arbitration. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 86-412 .)"; and | 17 | | on page 24, by replacing lines 17 and 18 with the following: | 18 | | "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 19 | | 1, 2025.". |
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