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TexasTowelie

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Thu Mar 22, 2018, 03:45 PM Mar 2018

Senate approves opening collective bargaining to public

The Senate approved legislation allowing the public to sit in on collective bargaining negotiations with public unions, in a 12-11 vote Wednesday to send the proposal to the House.

The bill, Senate Bill 420, would remove language exempting any negotiations from the right-to-know law, which otherwise requires that public bodies keep their meetings open. Under the proposed change, only “strategy sessions” held by a single party would qualify as exempt.

Supporters have pointed to the law as a boost to transparency for voters. But a broad coalition of interest groups — from public unions to selectmen to the state Municipal Association — have opposed the idea, saying it would hamper the ability of parties to effectively negotiate.

Speaking on the floor, Sen. Dan Feltes, D-Concord, made the point, arguing that allowing in audiences would turn the discussions into an unproductive spectacle.

Read more: http://www.concordmonitor.com/New-Hampshire-Senate-approves-opening-collective-bargaining-to-public-16378047

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Senate approves opening collective bargaining to public (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2018 OP
Maybe what this country needs is a Lech Walesa....did as much as Reagan to bring down the USSR dameatball Mar 2018 #1

dameatball

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1. Maybe what this country needs is a Lech Walesa....did as much as Reagan to bring down the USSR
Thu Mar 22, 2018, 03:51 PM
Mar 2018

Seriously, if we are going to have to be in the streets, why wait until the weekend? Shut it all down. I have never belonged to a union and not been in a line of work that had one. But I would support it now. We have 17 year olds that seem to be able to do it, why not all of us?
People are working for crap wages and the 1% is still never happy....needs another tax cut.

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