093_SB0985

 
                                     LRB093 02951 RCE 02967 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to labor relations.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 8 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 315/8) (from Ch. 48, par. 1608)
 7        Sec. 8.  Grievance procedure.  The collective  bargaining
 8    agreement  negotiated  between the employer and the exclusive
 9    representative shall contain a grievance resolution procedure
10    that which shall apply to all  employees  in  the  bargaining
11    unit  and  shall provide for final and binding arbitration of
12    disputes concerning the administration or  interpretation  of
13    the   agreement   unless   mutually  agreed  otherwise.   Any
14    agreement  containing  a  final   and   binding   arbitration
15    provision  shall also contain a provision prohibiting strikes
16    for  the  duration  of  the  agreement.   The  grievance  and
17    arbitration provisions of any collective bargaining agreement
18    shall be subject to the Illinois "Uniform  Arbitration  Act".
19    The  costs  of such arbitration shall be borne equally by the
20    employer and the employee organization.
21    (Source: P.A. 83-1012.)