But it also appears to be in conflict with a federal labor law, sometimes referred to as 13C, which requires that public bodies receiving federal grants preserve the collective bargaining rights of public unions, according to Gerald Poisson, chairman of the SMART board of directors.
The contracts of the four unions representing SMART employees expired Dec. 31. Because the new state law forbids SMART to pay for step increases and medical coverage provided for under the old contract, the Amalgamated Transit Union petitioned the Department of Labor to withhold $20 million to $26 million in federal grants to SMART -- which the feds have tentatively agreed to do.
Editorial: Fix Michigan labor law or risk devastating cuts to SMART bus service | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
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Here is a link to that law so you can see for yourself. http://www.dol.gov/compliance/laws/comp-masstransit.htm
I like this link better.
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_lrd_04.pdf
Wow, nice catch, guys.
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