California Legislative Staffer Unionization Bill Is Not Passed

Yesterday, a California State Meeting Committee killed a invoice that may have prolonged collective bargaining rights to a bigger group of state workers – specifically, legislative staffers. Current state legislation excludes sure state workers from collective bargaining. The Legislature Employer-Worker Relations Act would “present workers of the Legislature the precise to kind, be part of, and take part within the actions of worker organizations of their very own selecting for the aim of illustration on all issues of employer-employee relations.” If handed, the invoice would lengthen collective bargaining rights to almost 2,000 California legislative workers. California’s Public Employment and Retirement Committee rejected the invoice in a 2-3 vote this Wednesday, on account of unresolved “procedural, authorized, and administrative issues,” in response to the Committee Chair.

Though unsuccessful, California’s push to offer collective bargaining rights for state workers comply with the enactment of comparable legal guidelines in Oregon and Washington simply final yr. Oregon’s legislation expressly permits legislative unions, and Washington’s Governor signed a invoice this spring allowing the Washington state legislature to arrange. The trouble to unionize California’s legislative staffers additionally comes on the heels of a brand new U.S. Home of Consultant decision giving staffers the precise to collectively cut price. This pattern in the direction of allowing collective bargaining for a broader group of presidency workers is one thing to observe for, because the nationwide labor motion continues to choose up momentum in a wide range of sectors – together with state and federal authorities.