HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-084 CCR Member Tony Kuefler introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77 -84
RESOLUTION OPPOSING HOUSE FILE 805
WHEREAS, H. F. 805 is an AFSCME union sponsored bill which would
permit public employee supervisors and confidential employees to be represented
by the same parent union as rank and file employees in a respective public
jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, H. F. 805 would have the effect of interfering with the ability
of public employers to effectively manage their operations and would erode the
ability of public employers to represent the public's interest at the bargaining
table; and
WHEREAS, H. F. 805 would place public employee supervisors and
confidential employees in an irreconcilable conflict of interest situation; and
WHEREAS, passage of H.F. 805 would result in effectively unbalancing
the collective bargaining process by destroying what remains in the way of any
distinction between "labor" and "management and
WHEREAS, 'the 'terms of H.F. 805 are contrary to the private sector National
Labor Relations Act which 'treats supervisors and confidential employees as agents
of the employer:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Brooklyn Center to oppose 'the provisions of H.F. 805 under which public employee
supervisory and confidential employees are authorized to affiliate with 'the same
union which represents the employer's nonsupervisory and nonconfidential employees.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to urge legislators representing districts within
the City of Brooklyn Center to oppose H.F. 805 for the reasons set forth in this
resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to
legislators representing Brooklyn Center and to membe of the appropriate Senate
Committee charged with hearing the measur...
Aoril 25. 1977
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
i C I EA
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Bill Fignar and upon vote being taken thereon, the following
voted in favor thereof: Philip Cohen, Maurice Britts, Tony Kuefler,
Bill Fignar, and Gene Lhotka;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.