95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1356

 

Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 315/8   from Ch. 48, par. 1608

    Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning grievance procedures.


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A BILL FOR

 

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