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90_SB0415
5 ILCS 315/15.2 new
70 ILCS 3605/28a from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328a
70 ILCS 3605/28a.5 new
70 ILCS 3615/2.15 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.15
70 ILCS 3615/2.16 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.16
70 ILCS 3615/2.18 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.18
70 ILCS 3615/2.19 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.19
Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Deletes
current provisions regarding employees and collective
bargaining agreements. Provides that the Chicago Transit
Board shall bargain collectively and enter into agreements
with its employees regarding wages, salaries, hours, working
conditions, and pension or retirement provisions but shall
not bargain collectively or enter into written agreements
regarding management rights. Provides that if the Board of
the Regional Transportation Authority does not approve the
budget, the collective bargaining agreement shall, rather
than may, be reopened and the terms shall, rather than may,
be renegotiated to achieve approval of the amended budget.
Provides guidelines for the Board to follow in the event it
chooses to contract transportation or related serves out to
an independent contractor selected through a competitive
procurement process. Amends the Regional Transportation
Authority Act. Provides that the RTA shall ensure that every
employee of the CTA shall receive fair and equitable
protection in terms of labor agreements. Provides that the
board of arbitration may not render decisions on inherent
management rights. Provides factors the board of arbitration
shall consider in disputes regarding the making or
maintaining of a collective bargaining agreement. Amends the
Illinois Public Labor Relations Act by providing that in the
case of inconsistencies between that Act and the changes made
by this amendatory Act, the changes made by this amendatory
Act shall take precedence. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning public transit systems, amending named
2 Acts.
3 WHEREAS, The changes made by this amendatory Act take
4 precedence over any inconsistent or conflicting provision of
5 the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act or any other statute,
6 regulation, executive order, collective bargaining agreement,
7 labor protection agreement, or any arrangement entered into
8 or imposed pursuant to Section 5333(b) of Title 49, United
9 States Code (formerly Section 13(c) of the Federal Transit
10 Act), or other contractual obligation; and
11 WHEREAS, The changes made by this amendatory Act shall
12 apply to any collective bargaining agreement entered into,
13 renewed, ratified, extended, changed, added to, or modified
14 by the Chicago Transit Authority after the effective date of
15 this amendatory Act; therefore
16 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
17 represented in the General Assembly:
18 Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
19 amended by adding Section 15.2 as follows:
20 (5 ILCS 315/15.2 new)
21 Sec. 15.2. Conflicting provisions. In the case of
22 inconsistencies or conflicts between this Act and the changes
23 made by this amendatory Act, the changes made by this
24 amendatory Act shall take precedence.
25 Section 10. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
26 amended by changing 28a and adding Section 28a.5 as follows:
27 (70 ILCS 3605/28a) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328a)
28 Sec. 28a. (a) The Board may deal with and enter into
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1 written contracts with the employees of the Authority through
2 accredited representatives of such employees or
3 representatives of any labor organization authorized to act
4 for such employees, concerning wages, salaries, hours,
5 working conditions and pension or retirement provisions;
6 provided, nothing herein shall be construed to permit hours
7 of labor in excess of those provided by law or to permit
8 working conditions prohibited by law. In case of dispute
9 over wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, or pension
10 or retirement provisions the Board may arbitrate any question
11 or questions and may agree with such accredited
12 representatives or labor organization that the decision of a
13 majority of any arbitration board shall be final, provided
14 each party shall agree in advance to pay half of the expense
15 of such arbitration.
16 No contract or agreement shall be made with any labor
17 organization, association, group or individual for the
18 employment of members of such organization, association,
19 group or individual for the construction, improvement,
20 maintenance, operation or administration of any property,
21 plant or facilities under the jurisdiction of the Authority,
22 where such organization, association, group or individual
23 denies on the ground of race, creed, color, sex, religion,
24 physical or mental handicap unrelated to ability, or national
25 origin membership and equal opportunities for employment to
26 any citizen of Illinois.
27 (b)(1) The provisions of this paragraph (b) apply to
28 collective bargaining agreements, or any part of an
29 agreement, (including any modifications, additions,
30 extensions, or and amendments of existing agreements) entered
31 into on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
32 January 1, 1984.
33 (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3), the
34 Board shall bargain collectively and enter into written
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1 agreements with its employees, through accredited
2 representatives of those employees, with respect to wages,
3 salaries, hours, working conditions, and pension or
4 retirement provisions. Any such agreement shall be subject
5 to being reopened under paragraph (4) of this subsection. The
6 Board shall deal with and enter into written contracts with
7 their employees, through accredited representatives of such
8 employees authorized to act for such employees concerning
9 wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and pension or
10 retirement provisions about which a collective bargaining
11 agreement has been entered prior to the effective date of
12 this amendatory Act of 1983. Any such agreement of the
13 Authority shall provide that the agreement may be reopened if
14 the amended budget submitted pursuant to Section 2.18a of the
15 Regional Transportation Authority Act is not approved by the
16 Board of the Regional Transportation Authority. The
17 agreement may not include a provision requiring the payment
18 of wage increases based on changes in the Consumer Price
19 Index. The Board shall not have the authority to enter into
20 collective bargaining agreements with respect to inherent
21 management rights, which include such areas of discretion or
22 policy as the functions of the employer, standards of
23 services, its overall budget, the organizational structure
24 and selection of new employees and direction of personnel.
25 Employers, however, shall be required to bargain collectively
26 with regard to policy matters directly affecting wages, hours
27 and terms and conditions of employment, as well as the impact
28 thereon upon request by employee representatives. To
29 preserve the rights of employers and exclusive
30 representatives which have established collective bargaining
31 relationships or negotiated collective bargaining agreements
32 prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983,
33 employers shall be required to bargain collectively with
34 regard to any matter concerning wages, hours or conditions of
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1 employment about which they have bargained prior to the
2 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983.
3 (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
4 Board shall not have the authority to bargain collectively or
5 to enter into a written agreement with respect to matters of
6 inherent management rights, including the following:
7 (A) The organizational structure or functions of
8 the Authority.
9 (B) The standards and level of services to be
10 provided by the Authority.
11 (C) The selection, employment, assignment, and
12 promotion of officers, agents, and employees of the
13 Authority.
14 (D) The hiring and use of part-time employees.
15 (E) The direction, supervision, control, and
16 evaluation of the departments, units, and programs of the
17 Authority.
18 (F) The classification of the various positions of
19 the Authority and the determination of duties and
20 standards of productivity for those positions.
21 (G) The development and determination of levels of
22 staffing and training.
23 (H) The determination of whether and when employees
24 should be furloughed or laid off (including the category
25 or classification of employees affected) due to lack of
26 work, lack of funding, decisions regarding contracting
27 out, or termination of services.
28 (I) The decision to contract with a third party for
29 one or more services otherwise performed by employees in
30 a bargaining unit, the procedures for obtaining that
31 contract or the identity of the third party, and the
32 impact of the decision on individual employees or the
33 bargaining unit.
34 (J) The assignment and apportionment of overtime.
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1 In addition, the Board shall not have the authority to
2 enter into any agreement that includes a provision requiring
3 the payment of wage increases based upon changes in the
4 Consumer Price Index or similar indices. The collective
5 bargaining agreement may not include a prohibition on the use
6 of part-time operators on any service operated by or funded
7 by the Board, except where prohibited by federal law.
8 (4) Within 30 days of the signing of any such collective
9 bargaining agreement, and within 30 days of the commencement
10 of any subsequent year of any such collective bargaining
11 agreement, the Board shall determine the costs of each
12 provision of the agreement, prepare an amended budget
13 incorporating the costs of the agreement, and present the
14 amended budget to the Board of the Regional Transportation
15 Authority for its approval under Section 4.11 of the Regional
16 Transportation Act. The Board of the Regional Transportation
17 Authority may approve the amended budget by an affirmative
18 vote of two-thirds of its then Directors. If the budget is
19 not approved by the Board of the Regional Transportation
20 Authority, the agreement shall may be reopened and its terms
21 shall may be renegotiated if necessary to achieve approval of
22 the amended budget by the Board of the Regional
23 Transportation Authority. Any amended budget which may be
24 prepared following renegotiation shall be presented to the
25 Board of the Regional Transportation Authority for its
26 approval in like manner.
27 (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
28 (70 ILCS 3605/28a.5 new)
29 Sec. 28a.5. Labor participation in competitive
30 procurement of services.
31 (a) Whenever the Board of the Authority determines that
32 any transportation or related services provided by employees
33 of the Authority should be contracted out to an independent
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1 contractor selected through a competitive procurement
2 process, the Authority shall comply with the provisions of
3 this Section.
4 (b) The competitive process for the procurement of
5 transportation or related services shall be conducted in
6 accordance with all applicable State and Federal requirements
7 and carried out in a manner to assure the maximum free and
8 open competition among interested parties. The request for
9 proposals or related documents shall specify the evaluation
10 factors to be used in the determination of the most
11 advantageous proposal and shall identify the relative weight
12 or order of importance of those factors, including the weight
13 or value to be given to the cost or price element of each
14 proposal. The Authority may make its selection on the basis
15 of the initial proposals submitted, or on the basis of best
16 and final offers submitted by those proposers determined to
17 be within the competitive range in their initial submission.
18 The proposal shall be awarded to the proposer whose proposal
19 is most advantageous to the Authority after considering price
20 and the other factors specified in the request for proposals.
21 (c) (1) After consulting the appropriate accredited
22 representatives of its employees, the Authority shall provide
23 appropriate information to those representatives for purposes
24 of encouraging and assisting the Authority's employees and
25 their representatives to submit a proposal to provide the
26 services being procurred. The Authority shall consider any
27 proposal submitted by the employees or their representatives
28 on the same basis as all other proposals. A proposal by
29 employees or their representatives may be made as a joint
30 venture with other persons.
31 (2) Any accredited representative of the Authority's
32 employees may, at any time before the date procurement
33 proposals are due, propose amendments to any relevant
34 collective bargaining agreement to which it is a party for
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1 purposes of improving the cost competitiveness of the
2 representative's proposal. Those amendments shall take
3 effect only if the representative's proposal is selected by
4 the Authority for award.
5 (d) (1) Whenever the Authority decides to competitively
6 procure transportation or related services, it shall prepare
7 a written estimate of the cost of providing those services
8 under existing conditions with regular Authority employees.
9 The estimate shall include all direct and indirect costs,
10 including pension, benefits, and insurance, and an allocable
11 share of the fixed costs associated with the services
12 involved.
13 (2) After the Authority has selected the party to which
14 it proposes to award the contract, it shall conduct a
15 comprehensive written analysis of the contract costs for
16 purposes of comparing the costs of operating services under
17 the proposed contract with its written estimate of the costs
18 of providing those services under existing conditions with
19 Authority personnel.
20 (3) In any case in which the Authority conducts a
21 competitive procurement of services under this Section and
22 subsequently decides to continue to provide those services
23 under existing conditions with Authority personnel, rather
24 than awarding the contract to a proposing party, the
25 Authority shall first consult with and obtain the concurrence
26 of the Board of the Regional Transportation Authority.
27 (e) Any competitive services contract entered into under
28 this Section shall include provisions requiring the
29 successful contractor to offer available employee positions
30 to qualified employees of the Authority whose employment is
31 terminated directly because of the Authority's competitive
32 procurement of the services involved; provided that those
33 employees must satisfy the hiring and employment criteria of
34 the contractor. Nothing in this subsection shall be
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1 construed as requiring a successful contractor to assume or
2 apply the terms and conditions of any collective bargaining
3 agreement between the Authority and accredited
4 representatives of the Authority's employees.
5 Section 15. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
6 amended by changing Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.18, and 2.19 as
7 follows:
8 (70 ILCS 3615/2.15) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.15)
9 Sec. 2.15. Policy With Respect to Protective
10 Arrangements, Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations.
11 It is the intent of this Act that:
12 (a) The Authority shall insure that every employee of
13 the Authority and every employee of a Service Board (other
14 than the Chicago Transit Authority) or transportation agency
15 shall receive fair and equitable protection against actions
16 of the Authority which shall not be less than those
17 established pursuant to Section 13 (c) of the Urban Mass
18 Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. Sec. 1609
19 (c), and Section 405 (b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of
20 1970, as amended (45 U.S.C. Sec. 565 (b), and as prescribed
21 by the United States Secretary of Labor thereunder, at the
22 time of the protective agreement or arbitration decision
23 providing protection.
24 (b) There shall be no limitation on freedom of
25 association among employees of the Authority nor any denial
26 of the right of employees to join or support a labor
27 organization and to bargain collectively through
28 representatives of their own choosing.
29 (c) The Authority and the duly accredited
30 representatives of employees shall have the obligation to
31 bargain collectively in good faith, and the Authority shall
32 have the power and duty to enter into written collective
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1 bargaining agreements with such representatives.
2 (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
3 (70 ILCS 3615/2.16) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.16)
4 Sec. 2.16. Employee Protection.
5 (a) The Authority shall insure that every employee of
6 the Authority or of a Service Board (other than the Chicago
7 Transit Authority) or transportation agency shall receive
8 fair and equitable protection against actions of the
9 Authority which shall not be less than those established
10 pursuant to Section 13 (c) of the Urban Mass Transportation
11 Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. Sec. 1609 (c), and Section
12 405 (b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, as amended
13 (45 U.S.C. Sec. 565 (b), and as prescribed by the United
14 States Secretary of Labor thereunder, at the time of the
15 protective agreement or arbitration decision providing
16 protection.
17 (b) The Authority shall negotiate or arrange for the
18 negotiation of such fair and equitable employee arrangements
19 with the employees, through their accredited representatives
20 authorized to act for them. If agreement cannot be reached on
21 the terms of such protective arrangement, any party may
22 submit any matter in dispute to arbitration. In such
23 arbitration, each party shall have the right to select
24 non-voting arbitration board members. The impartial
25 arbitrator will be selected by the American Arbitration
26 Association and appointed from a current listing of the
27 membership of the National Academy of Arbitrators, upon
28 request of any party. The impartial arbitrator's decision
29 shall be final and binding on all parties. Each party shall
30 pay an equal proportionate share of the impartial
31 arbitrator's fees and expenses.
32 (c) For purposes of Sections 2.15 through 2.19: "actions
33 of the Authority" include its acquisition and operation of
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1 public transportation facilities, the execution of purchase
2 of service agreements and grant contracts made under this Act
3 and the coordination, reorganization, combining, leasing,
4 merging of operations or the expansion or curtailment of
5 public transportation service or facilities by the Authority,
6 but does not include a failure or refusal to enter into a
7 purchase of service agreement or grant contract.
8 (d) The Authority shall ensure that every employee of
9 the Chicago Transit Authority shall receive fair and
10 equitable protection in accordance with Section 5333(b) of
11 Title 49, United States Code (formerly Section 13(c) of the
12 Federal Transit Act). Any labor protection agreement entered
13 into, applied, imposed, or otherwise utilized by the
14 Authority for purposes of satisfying the requirements of
15 Section 5333(b) for those employees shall be limited to
16 providing protection for any adverse effects upon employees
17 that occur as a result of a transit project funded by the
18 federal government under the Federal Transit Act and may not
19 provide labor protection that is generally applicable to
20 actions of the Authority. Any provision of any labor
21 protection agreement executed by the Authority that is
22 inconsistent with this subsection shall be void.
23 (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
24 (70 ILCS 3615/2.18) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.18)
25 Sec. 2.18. Labor Contracts.
26 (a) The Authority shall deal with and enter into written
27 contracts with employees of the Authority, through accredited
28 representatives of such employees authorized to act for such
29 employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, working
30 conditions, and pension or retirement provisions. Nothing in
31 this Act shall be construed, however, to permit hours of
32 labor in excess of those prohibited by law or to permit
33 working conditions prohibited by law.
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1 (b) Whenever the Authority acquires the public
2 transportation facilities of a transportation agency, either
3 in proceeding by eminent domain or otherwise, and operates
4 such facilities, all employees actively engaged in the
5 operation thereof shall be transferred to and appointed as
6 employees of the Authority, subject to all the rights and
7 benefits of Sections 2.15 through 2.19, and the Authority
8 shall assume and observe all applicable labor contracts and
9 pension obligations. These employees shall be given seniority
10 credit and sick leave, vacation, insurance, and pension
11 credits in accordance with the records or labor agreements
12 from the acquired transportation system. Members and
13 beneficiaries of any pension or retirement system or other
14 benefits established by the acquired transportation system
15 shall continue to have rights, privileges, benefits,
16 obligations and status with respect to such established
17 system. The Authority shall assume the obligations of any
18 transportation system acquired by it with regard to wages,
19 salaries, hours, working conditions, sick leave, health and
20 welfare and pension or retirement provisions for these
21 employees. The Authority and the employees, through their
22 representatives for collective bargaining purposes, shall
23 take whatever action may be necessary to have pension trust
24 funds presently under the joint control of such
25 Transportation Agency and the participating employees through
26 their representatives transferred to the trust funds to be
27 established, maintained, and administered jointly by the
28 Authority and the participating employees through their
29 representatives.
30 (c) Whenever the Authority shall take any of the actions
31 specified in Section 2.16 (c), it shall do so only after
32 meeting the requirements of Section 2.16, and in addition,
33 whenever the Authority shall acquire and operate the public
34 transportation facilities of a transportation agency engaged
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1 in the transportation of persons by railroad, it shall do so
2 only in such manner as to insure the continued applicability
3 to the railroad employees affected thereby of the provisions
4 of all federal statutes then applicable to them and a
5 continuation of their existing collective bargaining
6 agreements until the provisions of said agreements can be
7 re-negotiated by representatives of the Authority and the
8 representatives of said employees duly designated as such
9 pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Railway Labor
10 Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); provided, however,
11 that nothing in this subsection shall prevent the abandonment
12 of such facilities, or the discontinuance of such operations
13 pursuant to applicable law, or the substitution of other
14 operations or facilities for such operations or facilities,
15 whether by merger, consolidation, coordination or otherwise.
16 In the event new or supplemental operations or facilities are
17 substituted therefor, the provisions of Section 2.19 shall be
18 applicable, and all questions concerning the selection of
19 forces to perform the work of such new or supplemental
20 facilities or operations, and whether the Authority shall be
21 required to insure the continued applicability of the federal
22 statutes applicable to such employees shall be negotiated
23 and, if necessary, arbitrated, in accordance with the
24 procedures set forth in subsection 2.19 (a).
25 (Source: P.A. 78-3rd S.S.-5.)
26 (70 ILCS 3615/2.19) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.19)
27 Sec. 2.19. Labor Relations Procedures.
28 (a) Whenever the Authority proposes to operate or to
29 enter into a contract to operate any new public
30 transportation facility which may result in the displacement
31 of employees or the rearrangement of the working forces of
32 the Authority or of the Chicago Transit Authority or of any
33 transportation agency, the Authority shall give at least 90
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1 days written notice of such proposed operations to the
2 representatives of the employees affected and the Authority
3 shall provide for the selection of forces to perform the work
4 of that facility on the basis of agreement between the
5 Authority and the representatives of such employees. In the
6 event of failure to agree, the dispute may be submitted by
7 the Authority or by any representative of the employees
8 affected to final and binding arbitration by an impartial
9 arbitrator to be selected by the American Arbitration
10 Association from a current listing of arbitrators of the
11 National Academy of Arbitrators.
12 (b) (1) In case of any labor dispute not otherwise
13 governed by this Act, by the Labor Management Relations Act,
14 as amended, or by the Railway Labor Act, as amended, or by
15 impasse resolution provisions in a collective bargaining or
16 protective agreement involving the Authority, the Chicago
17 Transit Authority or any transportation agency financed in
18 whole or in part by the Authority and the employees of the
19 Authority or of the Chicago Transit Authority or any such
20 transportation agency, which is not settled by the parties
21 thereto within 30 days from the date of commencement of
22 negotiations, either party may request the assistance of a
23 mediator appointed by either the State or Federal Mediation
24 and Conciliation Service, who shall seek to resolve the
25 dispute. In the event that the dispute is not resolved by
26 mediation within a reasonable period, the mediator shall
27 certify to the parties that an impasse exists. Upon receipt
28 of the mediator's certification, any party to the dispute
29 may, within 7 days, submit the dispute to a fact finder who
30 shall be selected by the parties pursuant to the rules of the
31 American Arbitration Association from a current listing of
32 members of the National Academy of Arbitrators supplied by
33 the AAA. The fact finder shall have the duty to hold
34 hearings, or otherwise take evidence from the parties under
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1 such other arrangements as they may agree. Upon completion of
2 the parties' submissions, the fact finder shall have the
3 power to issue and make public findings and recommendations,
4 or to refer the dispute back to the parties for such other
5 appropriate action as he may recommend. In the event that the
6 parties do not reach agreement after the issuance of the fact
7 finder's report and recommendations, or in cases where
8 neither party requests fact finding, the Authority shall
9 offer to submit the dispute to arbitration by a board
10 composed of 3 persons, one appointed by the Authority, one
11 appointed by the labor organization representing the
12 employees, and a third member to be agreed upon by the labor
13 organization and the Authority. The member agreed upon by the
14 labor organization and the Authority shall act as chairman of
15 the board. The determination of the majority of the board of
16 arbitration thus established shall be final and binding on
17 all matters in dispute. If, after a period of 10 days from
18 the date of the appointment of the two arbitrators
19 representing the Authority and the labor organization, the
20 third arbitrator has not been selected, then either
21 arbitrator may request the American Arbitration Association
22 to furnish from a current listing of the membership of the
23 National Academy of Arbitrators the names of 7 such members
24 of the National Academy from which the third arbitrator shall
25 be selected. The arbitrators appointed by the Authority and
26 the labor organization, promptly after the receipt of such
27 list, shall determine by lot the order of elimination, and
28 thereafter each shall in that order alternately eliminate one
29 name until only one name remains. The remaining person on the
30 list shall be the third arbitrator. The third arbitrator,
31 whether agreed on by the labor organization and the Authority
32 or selected from the AAA list, shall be a legal resident of
33 the State and experienced in State and local finance.
34 (2) The board of arbitration described in this
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1 subsection may not render a decision on any matter that is
2 identified as an inherent management right under paragraph
3 (3) of subsection (b) of the Metropolitan Transit Authority
4 Act. In making its determination for the resolution of
5 matters in dispute regarding the making or maintaining of a
6 collective bargaining agreement, the board of arbitration
7 shall take into consideration the following factors:
8 (A) The stipulations of the parties.
9 (B) The financial condition of the transit system,
10 the ability of the Authority to administer and finance
11 the existing system and the issues proposed in a cost
12 efficient manner, and the interest and welfare of the
13 public.
14 (C) A comparison of the wages, hours, and terms and
15 conditions of employment of the transit system's
16 employees with those of other public and private
17 employees doing comparable work in systems of similar
18 fleet and workforce size.
19 (D) The overall compensation presently received by
20 the transit system's employees, including wages, hours,
21 and terms and conditions of employment, and all medical,
22 insurance, pension, and fringe benefits received.
23 (E) The amount, if any, of any fare increase that
24 would be necessary to provide the wage or benefit
25 increase sought by the transit system's employees, and
26 the ability of the public to bear the fare increase.
27 (F) The impact of the issues proposed on the
28 current level of services and the impact on the public of
29 any decrease in the level of services.
30 (G) Collective bargaining agreements between the
31 parties.
32 (H) The estimates and trends for future sales tax
33 receipts and other revenue sources of the Authority.
34 (I) Other factors not confined to those listed in
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1 this item (2) that are normally and traditionally taken
2 into consideration in determination of issues submitted
3 to mutually agreed upon dispute settlement procedures in
4 public service or private employment.
5 (3) The term "labor dispute" shall be broadly construed
6 and shall include any controversy concerning wages, salaries,
7 hours, working conditions, or benefits, including health and
8 welfare, sick leave, insurance, or pension or retirement
9 provisions, but not limited thereto, and including any
10 controversy concerning any differences or questions that may
11 arise between the parties including but not limited to the
12 making or maintaining of collective bargaining agreements,
13 the terms to be included in such agreements, and the
14 interpretation or application of such collective bargaining
15 agreements and any grievance that may arise. Each party shall
16 pay one-half of the expenses of such arbitration.
17 (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.