2002-01 RE: Collective Bargaining
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Missouri State Council of Fire Fighters
1223 Tamm
St. Louis, MO 63139 |
Contact John Corbett, President, at (314) 645-6960 for further information.
Petition sample form approved for circulation on November 30, 2000.
Official ballot title certified by Secretary of State on December 19, 2000.
OFFICIAL BALLOT TITLE AS CERTIFIED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
Shall Article XIII of the Missouri Constitution be amended to permit specified firefighters and ambulance personnel, and dispatchers of fire departments, fire districts, ambulance districts and ambulance departments and fire and emergency medical services dispatchers of dispatch agencies, to organize and bargain collectively in good faith with their employers through representatives of their own choosing and to enter into enforceable collective bargaining contracts with their employers concerning wages, hours, binding arbitration and all other terms and conditions of employment, except that nothing in this amendment shall grant to the aforementioned employees the right to strike?
The annual costs to paid fire departments and districts, ambulance departments and districts, and dispatch agencies to enter into collective bargaining contracts are approximately $251,600 to $3,145,000, depending upon the number of entities entering into such contracts.
FULL TEXT AS SUBMITTED BY PETITIONER
"Be it resolved by the people of the state of Missouri, that the constitution be amended", as follows
Article XIII of the Missouri constitution is hereby amended by adding one new section thereto, to be known as section 4, to read as follows:
Section 4. Firefighters of paid fire departments and fire districts, ambulance personnel of paid fire departments, fire districts, ambulance districts and ambulance departments, dispatchers of fire departments, fire districts, ambulance districts and ambulance departments and fire and emergency medical services dispatchers of dispatch agencies shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively in good faith with their employer through representatives of their own choosing including the right to enter into enforceable collective bargaining contracts with their employer concerning wages, hours, binding arbitration and all other terms and conditions of employment and such contracts shall be binding on both parties unless changed by mutual consent. Nothing in this amendment shall grant to the aforementioned employees the right to strike.