2009 House Bill 5050

Streamline illegal teacher strike sanction procedures

Introduced in the House

June 9, 2009

Introduced by Rep. Bill Rogers (R-66)

To accelerate, streamline and make more certain the procedures for imposing fines of $5,000 per day against a school employee union that calls an illegal strike, and a fine on each striker equal to a day’s pay for each day of the strike. Sanctions also apply to a school district that imposes an illegal lockout. The timetable for hearings would be changed from 60 days to two days; hearings on all striking employees could be consolidated into one, rather than individual hearings for each required under current law; and a court would have less discretion regarding imposing these fines. See also House Bill 5051.

Referred to the Committee on Labor