1.1Senator Kupec moved to amend
S.F. No. 3045 as follows (...):
1.2Page 43, after line 28, insert:
1.3 "Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 179A.13, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.4 Subd. 2.
Employers. Public employers, their agents and representatives are prohibited
1.5from:
1.6(1) interfering, restraining, or coercing employees in the exercise of the rights
guaranteed
1.7in sections
179A.01 to
179A.25;
1.8(2) dominating or interfering with the formation, existence, or administration of
any
1.9employee organization or contributing other support to it;
1.10(3) discriminating in regard to hire or tenure to encourage or discourage membership
in
1.11an employee organization;
1.12(4) discharging or otherwise discriminating against an employee because the employee
1.13has signed or filed an affidavit, petition, or complaint or given information or testimony
1.14under sections
179A.01 to
179A.25;
1.15(5) refusing to meet and negotiate in good faith with the exclusive representative
of its
1.16employees in an appropriate unit;
1.17(6) refusing to comply with grievance procedures contained in an agreement;
1.18(7) distributing or circulating a blacklist of individuals exercising a legal right
or of
1.19members of a labor organization for the purpose of preventing blacklisted individuals
from
1.20obtaining or retaining employment;
1.21(8) violating rules established by the commissioner regulating the conduct of
1.22representation elections;
1.23(9) refusing to comply with a valid decision of a binding arbitration panel or arbitrator;
1.24(10) violating or refusing to comply with any lawful order or decision issued by the
1.25commissioner or the board;
1.26(11) refusing to provide, upon the request of the exclusive representative, all information
1.27pertaining to the public employer's budget both present and proposed, revenues, and
other
1.28financing information provided that in the executive branch of state government this
clause
1.29may not be considered contrary to the budgetary requirements of sections
16A.10 and
1.3016A.11;
2.1(12) granting or offering to grant the status of permanent replacement employee to
a
2.2person for performing bargaining unit work for the employer during a lockout of employees
2.3in an employee organization or during a strike authorized by an employee organization
that
2.4is an exclusive representative;
2.5(13) failing or refusing to provide information that is relevant to enforcement or
2.6negotiation of a contract as soon as reasonable after receiving a request by an exclusive
2.7representative, not to exceed 30 days for information relevant to contract enforcement
or
2.860 days for information relevant to contract negotiation absent mutual agreement by
the
2.9parties, provided that a state agency may request and the commissioner may extend
these
2.10timelines based upon estimated need and after consultation with the exclusive representative;
2.11or
2.12(14) refusing to reassign a position after the commissioner has determined the position
2.13was not placed into the correct bargaining unit
; or
2.14(15) changing, modifying, cancelling, or revoking a telework or remote work agreement
2.15without express mutual agreement by the exclusive representative. This section shall
apply
2.16to all agreements in effect on or after January 1, 2020."
2.17Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.18Amend the title accordingly
2.19The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.