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NE CIR / Public Employee Salaries Legislation & Hearings
NE CIR / Public Employee Salaries Legislation & Hearings
Starts
with
Reducing
Costs
of
Government
Workers’
Salaries
and
Benefits
Nebraska
is
in
“ Top
Ten”
in
the
country
in
percentage
(17%)
of
workforce
employed
by
State
and
Local
Governments
Source:
US
Bureau
of
Labor
Sta;s;cs
Recommended
SoluJons
9
measures
have
been
introduced
in
the
Unicameral
proposing
changes
to
Nebraska’s
laws
governing
public
employees
-‐
which
are
best?
(Other
bills
are
LB397,
LB482,
LB555,
LB623,
LB624,
LB619)
LB664:
Repeals
the
Industrial
RelaDons
and
State
Employee
CollecDve
Bargaining
Act
and
prohibits
collecDve
bargaining
by
government
enDDes
in
Nebraska.
Current
Nebraska
Law
Must
Be
Changed LR29CA:
An
proposed
amendment
that
would
go
before
voters
in
November
2012
to
make
the
• Public
employee
salaries
are
NOT
based
currently
on
what
the
prohibiDon
part
of
Nebraska’s
ConsDtuDon.
employer
can
afford
-‐
it
is
based
on
what
is
prevalent.
LB564
+
LR29CA:
LB564
makes
significant
reform
• Comparable
figures
are
used
from
large
ci4es
like
Kansas
City,
to
the
way
the
CIR
operates;
Senators
may
be
Chicago,
and
St.
Louis.
persuaded
to
pass
LB564
and
leave
the
decision
• Public
employee
unions
make
agreements
and
can
then
take
their
to
prohibit
collecDve
bargaining
to
the
people
in
case
to
an
enDty
called
the
Commission
of
Industrial
RelaJons
Nov.
2012.
(CIR)
and
get
more
money
and
benefits.
• The
CIR
members,
appointed
by
the
Governor,
are
not
elected
by,
nor
answerable
to
taxpayers
-‐
yet
their
decisions
impact
us
a
great
*What
YOU
Can
Do*
deal.
ATTEND
HEARINGS
on
the
proposed
bills:
• Nebraska
is
the
only
midwestern
state
with
public
employee
Monday,
February
7
contracts
mandaDng
staffing
levels;
in
some
ciDes
police
and
fire
1:30pm
-‐
Start
;me
(see
below!)
runs
‘Jl??
chiefs
don’t
determine
staffing,
the
union
contract
does. State
Capitol
Room
1524
1445
K
St.,
Lincoln