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A04950 Summary:

BILL NOA04950
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORFall
 
COSPNSR
 
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Amd §220, Lab L
 
Requires employees of a public passenger ferry system employed as United States coast guard-licensed officers or in any position for which a United States coast guard officer license, endorsement or credential is required by law or by the relevant civil service job specifications, to be included under the phrase "laborers, workers or mechanics" as used under certain provisions of the labor law relating to the ability of employee organizations to negotiate with employers.
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A04950 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4950
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 10, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  employees  covered  under
          certain provisions relating to laborers, workers or mechanics
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 8-d of section 220 of the labor law, as amended
     2  by chapter 767 of the laws of 1984, is amended and a new subdivision 1-a
     3  is added to read as follows:
     4    1-a. Any use of the term "workmen" in this section shall be deemed  to
     5  mean "workers" as used in the definition under paragraph (b) of subdivi-
     6  sion 8-d of this section.
     7    8-d. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter or
     8  of  any other law, in a city of one million or more, where a majority of
     9  laborers, [workmen] workers or mechanics in a particular  civil  service
    10  title  are  members of an employee organization which has been certified
    11  or recognized to represent them pursuant to the  provisions  of  article
    12  fourteen of the civil service law or a local law enacted thereunder, the
    13  public employer and such employee organization shall in good faith nego-
    14  tiate  and  enter into a written agreement with respect to the wages and
    15  supplements of the laborers,  [workmen]  workers  or  mechanics  in  the
    16  title.  If  the  parties fail to achieve an agreement, only the employee
    17  organization shall be authorized to file  a  single  verified  complaint
    18  pursuant  to subdivision seven herein, on behalf of the laborers, [work-
    19  men] workers or mechanics so  represented.  Such  employee  organization
    20  shall  be the sole and exclusive representative of such laborers, [work-
    21  men] workers or mechanics at any hearing pursuant to  subdivision  eight
    22  herein,  and  shall  be  the  sole complainant in the proceeding for all
    23  purposes therein, including review pursuant to article seventy-eight  of
    24  the  civil practice law and rules.  Service by the fiscal officer on the
    25  employee organization shall be sufficient notice to the laborers, [work-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08732-01-5

        A. 4950                             2

     1  men] workers or mechanics so represented for all purposes of subdivision
     2  eight herein, except that the  issuance  and  enforcement  of  subpoenas
     3  shall  be  regulated  by  the  civil  practice law and rules. Any order,
     4  compromise,  or  settlement  determining  the  issues raised upon such a
     5  proceeding, which has not been taken  up  for  review  by  the  employee
     6  organization,  shall  be binding upon the laborers, [workmen] workers or
     7  mechanics represented by the employee organization. Nothing herein shall
     8  be construed to limit the rights of any  laborer,  [workman]  worker  or
     9  mechanic  who  has  on  file a verified complaint prior to the effective
    10  date of this subdivision.
    11    (b) For the purposes of this section, the phrase "laborers, workers or
    12  mechanics" shall include, but not be limited to, employees of  a  public
    13  passenger  ferry  system  employed as United States coast guard-licensed
    14  officers or in any position for which a United States coast guard  offi-
    15  cer  license,  endorsement  or  credential  is required by law or by the
    16  relevant civil service job specifications.  Such  laborers,  workers  or
    17  mechanics,  through  their  employee  organization(s), shall have, as an
    18  alternative to pursuing a prevailing rate determination from  the  rele-
    19  vant  fiscal officer, the right to invoke and pursue collective bargain-
    20  ing impasse procedures available to other employees of  their  employer,
    21  and  such  laborers,  workers and mechanics shall also have the right to
    22  invoke and pursue any administrative or  other  proceedings,  to  pursue
    23  charges  or  other  types  of claims or complaints, and to seek remedies
    24  that are available to other employees of their employer pursuant to  any
    25  relevant  local collective bargaining, civil service, labor or personnel
    26  law, rules or regulations for the resolution or remedying of the employ-
    27  er's failure to bargain in good faith or other unfair or improper  labor
    28  practices.    Any  use  of  the  term "workmen" in this section shall be
    29  deemed to mean "workers" as used in the definition under this paragraph.
    30    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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