67C.402 Employees' right to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining -- Mayor to represent consolidated local government.

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Page 1 of 1 67C.402 Employees' right to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining -- Mayor to represent consolidated local government. (1) Police officers of a consolidated local government shall have, and shall be protected in the exercise of, the right of self-organization, to form, join, or assist any labor <br>organization, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing <br>on questions of wages, hours, and other conditions of employment free from <br>interference, restraint, or coercion. (2) Labor organizations designated by the cabinet as the representative of the majority of police officers in an appropriate unit or recognized by a consolidated local <br>government as the representative of the majority of employees in an appropriate unit <br>shall be the exclusive representative for the employees of that unit for the purpose <br>of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours, and other <br>conditions of employment. (3) Labor organizations recognized by a consolidated local government as the exclusive representative or so designated in accordance with the provisions of this section <br>shall be responsible for representing the interest of all police officers in the unit <br>without discrimination. (4) When a labor organization has been designated in accordance with the provisions of this section as the exclusive representative of police officers in an appropriate unit, <br>the mayor of a consolidated local government or his designated authorized <br>representative shall represent the consolidated local government in collective <br>bargaining with the labor organization. Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 65, effective July 15, 2010. -- Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004.