Requires employees of a public passenger ferry system employed as United States coast guard-licensed officers or in any position for which a United States coast guard officer license, endorsement or credential is required by law or by the relevant civil service job specifications, to be included under the phrase "laborers, workers or mechanics" as used under certain provisions of the labor law relating to the ability of employee organizations to negotiate with employers.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4950
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 10, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to employees covered under
certain provisions relating to laborers, workers or mechanics
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 8-d of section 220 of the labor law, as amended
by chapter 767 of the laws of 1984, is amended and a new subdivision 1-a
is added to read as follows:
1-A. ANY USE OF THE TERM "WORKMEN" IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO
MEAN "WORKERS" AS USED IN THE DEFINITION UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVI-
SION 8-D OF THIS SECTION.
8-d. (A) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter or
of any other law, in a city of one million or more, where a majority of
laborers, [workmen] WORKERS or mechanics in a particular civil service
title are members of an employee organization which has been certified
or recognized to represent them pursuant to the provisions of article
fourteen of the civil service law or a local law enacted thereunder, the
public employer and such employee organization shall in good faith nego-
tiate and enter into a written agreement with respect to the wages and
supplements of the laborers, [workmen] WORKERS or mechanics in the
title. If the parties fail to achieve an agreement, only the employee
organization shall be authorized to file a single verified complaint
pursuant to subdivision seven herein, on behalf of the laborers, [work-
men] WORKERS or mechanics so represented. Such employee organization
shall be the sole and exclusive representative of such laborers, [work-
men] WORKERS or mechanics at any hearing pursuant to subdivision eight
herein, and shall be the sole complainant in the proceeding for all
purposes therein, including review pursuant to article seventy-eight of
the civil practice law and rules. Service by the fiscal officer on the
employee organization shall be sufficient notice to the laborers, [work-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08732-01-5
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