SENATE BILL: Fair Hiring Act of 2014 (Law'd)

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This is a bill to give workers the opportunity to negotiate over hiring practices in collective bargaining agreements. These are still fairly common in some of the skilled trades, but they used to be employed even in industrial settings, which is something I would like to see brought back, and expanded. This bill does not require every employer to adopt a hiring hall, it only explicitly makes possible a hiring hall as something that can be negotiated for as part of a collective bargaining agreement.

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So the union would decide who gets hired by the company?

Assuming that the union negotiated for and won a hiring hall in the process of collective bargaining, yes.

Wait, so are we giving workers the unilateral option to create this hiring hall environment, or is this implied to be part of a CBA?

Implied to be a part of the CBA. Not every industry will have a hiring hall; this just ensures that all workers have the opportunity to bargain for one.

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Nay.

The amendment is hostile, for the record. I apologize for not being able to comment on it during my absence, but I think that it is important that the workers have as much leeway in hiring as possible.

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Amendment is friendly

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I am ready to proceed to a final vote.

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Amendment is hostile, as it is nonsensical.

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There's no such thing as a "union boss." Bosses are people who aren't elected and who yell at you all day. Union leaders are democratically accountable and can be removed from office.

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NAY

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I motion for a final vote.

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Aye

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Thank you, Mr. President!