Bill > H2061

This bill makes several changes to public employee collective bargaining laws in Massachusetts: 1. It exempts the home addresses, personal email addresses, and home/mobile phone numbers of public employees and their family members from being considered public records, allowing these to be disclosed only to employee organizations for collective bargaining purposes or as otherwise required by law. 2. It allows employee organizations to require non-members to pay for the reasonable costs and fees, including arbitrator and attorney fees, for grievances or arbitrations brought at the non-member's request. It also limits the duty of fair representation for employee organizations to only the negotiation and enforcement of the collective bargaining agreement. 3. It grants employee organizations the right to meet with newly hired employees, access members on the employer's premises, use the employer's email system, and use government buildings/facilities to conduct union-related meetings. Employers are required to provide new employee contact information to the exclusive representative union. 4. It modifies the rules for payroll deductions of union dues or fees, making such deductions irrevocable for up to one year and only revocable under specific terms outlined in the employee's authorization.

Labor and Employment

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2061