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4/1/2025
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Media Advisory: House Labor Committee to hear public labor contracts bills
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STATE HOUSE – The House Labor Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday for hearings on several bills concerning contracts and collective bargaining for public employees and employees’ rights.
The meeting is scheduled Wednesday, April 2, at 4 p.m. in Room 135 on the first floor of the State House.
Among the bills scheduled to be heard are:
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2025-H 5133 and 2025-H 5134 — Sponsored Rep. David A. Bennett (D-Dist. 20, Warwick, Cranston) these bills concern firefighters and police officers, respectively, providing that all contractual provisions their collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered.
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2025-H 5227 — This bill sponsored by Rep. John G. Edwards (D-Dist. 70, Tiverton) would protect the rights of professional, administrative and secretarial employees of the Department of Education to collectively bargain over all terms and conditions of employment.
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2025-H 5506 — This bill sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert E. Craven (D-Dist. 32, North Kingstown) would protects employees’ rights in the workplace concerning political and religious matters by creating a civil action that may provide damages and attorneys’ fees.
The meeting will be televised on Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox channel 61, on i3Broadband channel 15 and on Verizon channel 34. It will be live streamed at capitoltvri.cablecast.tv.
Testimony on the bills being heard will be accepted in person or in writing via email to HouseLabor@rilegislature.gov. Written testimony must include a name and any applicable organization, the bill number(s) and viewpoint (for/against/neither). It will be considered a public document.
For more information, contact:
Larry Berman, Communications Director for the Office of the Speaker
State House Room 322
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-2466
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