New York A 4950: Relates to employees covered under certain provisions relating to laborers, workers or mechanics

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A04950 Summary:

BILL NOA04950 

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SPONSORFall

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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.

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BILL NOA04950 

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02/10/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4950

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 10, 2025
 ___________

 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:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 8-d of section 220 of the labor law, as amended
 2 by chapter 767 of the laws of 1984, is amended and a new subdivision 1-a
 3 is added to read as follows:
 4 1-a. Any use of the term "workmen" in this section shall be deemed to
 5 mean "workers" as used in the definition under paragraph (b) of subdivi-
 6 sion 8-d of this section.
 7 8-d. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter or
 8 of any other law, in a city of one million or more, where a majority of
 9 laborers, [workmen] workers or mechanics in a particular civil service
 10 title are members of an employee organization which has been certified
 11 or recognized to represent them pursuant to the provisions of article
 12 fourteen of the civil service law or a local law enacted thereunder, the
 13 public employer and such employee organization shall in good faith nego-
 14 tiate and enter into a written agreement with respect to the wages and
 15 supplements of the laborers, [workmen] workers or mechanics in the
 16 title. If the parties fail to achieve an agreement, only the employee
 17 organization shall be authorized to file a single verified complaint
 18 pursuant to subdivision seven herein, on behalf of the laborers, [work-
 19 men] workers or mechanics so represented. Such employee organization
 20 shall be the sole and exclusive representative of such laborers, [work-
 21 men] workers or mechanics at any hearing pursuant to subdivision eight
 22 herein, and shall be the sole complainant in the proceeding for all
 23 purposes therein, including review pursuant to article seventy-eight of
 24 the civil practice law and rules. Service by the fiscal officer on the
 25 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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 1 men] workers or mechanics so represented for all purposes of subdivision
 2 eight herein, except that the issuance and enforcement of subpoenas
 3 shall be regulated by the civil practice law and rules. Any order,
 4 compromise, or settlement determining the issues raised upon such a
 5 proceeding, which has not been taken up for review by the employee
 6 organization, shall be binding upon the laborers, [workmen] workers or
 7 mechanics represented by the employee organization. Nothing herein shall
 8 be construed to limit the rights of any laborer, [workman] worker or
 9 mechanic who has on file a verified complaint prior to the effective
 10 date of this subdivision.
 11 (b) For the purposes of this section, the phrase "laborers, workers or
 12 mechanics" shall include, but not be limited to, employees of a public
 13 passenger ferry system employed as United States coast guard-licensed
 14 officers or in any position for which a United States coast guard offi-
 15 cer license, endorsement or credential is required by law