H.R.980 - Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007

To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. view all titles (4)

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  • Official: To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. as introduced.
  • Short: Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 as reported to house.

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05/26/08
69 Senators - Including Hawaii Sen...

... (AWF) condemned the recent Senate cloture vote to proceed to consider HR 980, the so-called “Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooper...

Source: Hawaii Reporter, HI
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05/19/08
Sen. Kennedy Has Malignant Brain T...

Michael B. Enzi , the top Republican on the HELP Committee, to work out a deal that could advance a stalled bill ( HR 980 ) to extend col...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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05/19/08
Yarmouth forcing 250 families out;...

... to public safety employees (HR 980) and of resolving differences between the House and Senate versions of a major higher education ov...

Source: Cape Cod Today, MA
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05/18/08
Collective Bargaining

With HR 980, the Congress is also passing a huge unfunded mandate for cities and towns. Collective bargaining would put upward pressure o...

Source: Winston-Salem Journal, NC
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05/18/08
Kennedy’s Absence Stalls Numerou...

... extinguished hopes of passing a bill that would extend collective-bargaining rights to public safety employees ( HR 980 ) and of reso...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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05/18/08
Kennedy’s Absence Stalls Numerou...

... extinguished hopes of passing a bill that would extend collective-bargaining rights to public safety employees ( HR 980 ) and of reso...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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05/18/08
Senate Likely to Consider Collecti...

The US Senate could consider final action this week on a bill (HR 980) that would expand collective-bargaining rights for public safety e...

Source: Helicopter Association International, VA
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05/15/08
Lawmakers support fight against pu...

Corker has proposed an amendment to the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (HR 980), which would require states to have mand...

Source: Shelbyville Times-Gazette, TN
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05/14/08
Saying No to Forced Unionization a...

The Heritage Foundation, learning from the past, predicts the future if HR 980 becomes law: The Vallejo City Council voted May 6 to becom...

Source: Manufacturers' Blog, DC
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05/13/08
City Officials Urge the Senate to ...

"Our opposition to HR 980/S. 2123 has nothing to do with our support for or against collective bargaining," said Donald J. Borut, NLC ex...

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
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Blog Coverage

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02/10/09
H.R.980: Northern Rockies Ecosyste...

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12/17/08
Obama goes hard left on Labor - Or...

“She also cosponsored and voted for another bill (H.R. 980) that would have subjected every police officer, firefighter, and EMT in the...

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12/16/08
Statement: "Solis Nomination Slap ...

She also cosponsored and voted for another bill (H.R. 980) that would have subjected every police officer, firefighter, and EMT in the co...

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12/04/08
Alliance for Worker Freedom

Last Action: H.R. 980 passed House (314-97) (Vote # 633, 7/17/2007); Senate cloture motion withdrawn by unanimous consent (5/15/2008) / S...

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11/07/08
WHITE NOISE INSANITY » Blog Archi...

On the Cloture Motion H.R. 980 Obama Voted Yea, McCain did not Vote …. On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3121 Obama Voted Yea, McCain did not...

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10/22/08
Sen. Barack Obama [D-IL]’s Votin...

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to HR 980. Cloture Motion Agreed to 69-29, 2 not voting (3/5 required). Senate Roll #12...

Source: Bear Tracks
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10/21/08
The American Spectator : Labor Day...

So it is in the case of H.R. 980, which would effectively mandate unionization of emergency medical technicians, firefighters, and police...

Source: AmSpec Blog
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10/20/08
State of the Unions

Now the union backed Congress members are poised to pass a bill known as HR 980—The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act. Th...

Source: It Happens
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10/12/08
The American Spectator : Labor Day...

So it is in the case of H.R. 980, which would effectively mandate unionization of emergency medical technicians, firefighters, and police...

Source: AmSpec Blog
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10/09/08
cornyn | AlterNet

HR 980 Vote 127. Voted against improving educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces and veterans. Digg! Robert Greenwald is t...

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