NLC Testifies against Federal Collective Bargaining Legislation

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Ellis Hankins, executive director of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, testified in opposition to H.R. 413, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009, before the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions last week.

The bill would require that every state, county, city and town collectively bargain with their police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and corrections officers, regardless of state and local laws. NLC has opposed this legislation since it was first introduced 15 years ago by Rep. Dale Kildee (D-Mich.),

Hankins asked the members of the subcommittee not to fix what isn't broken. For …