93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5463


 
Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













115 ILCS 5/3
  from Ch. 48, par. 1703







    Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.  Makes a technical
change
in a Section concerning employee rights.
















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HB5463

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    AN ACT in relation to labor. 

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act is 
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amended by
changing Section 3 as follows:


 
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    (115 ILCS 5/3)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1703)

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    Sec. 3. Employee rights.


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    (a) It shall be lawful for educational employees
to 
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organize, form, join, or assist in employee organizations or 
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engage in
lawful concerted activities for the purpose of 
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collective bargaining or
other mutual aid and protection or 
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bargain collectively through representatives
of their own free 
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choice and, except as provided in Section 11  of this
Act,
such 
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employees
shall also have the right to refrain from any or all 
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such activities.


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    (b) Representatives selected by educational employees in a 
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unit appropriate
for collective bargaining purposes shall be 
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the exclusive representative
of all the employees in such unit 
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to
bargain on wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment.  
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However,
any individual employee or a group of employees may at 
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any time present
grievances to their employer and have them 
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adjusted without the intervention
of the bargaining 
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representative as long as the adjustment is not inconsistent

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with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement then in 
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effect, provided
that the bargaining representative has been 
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given an opportunity to be present
at such adjustment.


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(Source: P.A. 83-1014.)