URGENT Action Necessary!!!!

Please send this email immediately!!!!!

Every Member is requested to email Senator Vitter.

Message from Danny Todd

Brothers & Sisters,

Our time has arrived. We have votes scheduled for our national collective bargaining bill. Please see the important email below. If you have Senate Democrats or Republican Senators who are on the list below please make the phone calls and emails.

This is critical!!!

Fraternally,

Danny L.Todd

14th District V.P.

Click the link to Senator Vitter’s Web Form:

vitter.senate.gov/?module=webformIQV1

Then Cut and Paste this letter into his email web form.

RE: Senate Bill 2123 Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act.

Dear Senator Vitter,

Louisiana's fire fighters, police officers, and emergency medical personnel risk their lives every day to protect the public. They deserve the same right to discuss workplace issues with their employer that the federal government already grants to most employees.

The bill gives maximum flexibility to states to craft their own laws giving fire fighters and police officers the ability to sit down and talk with their employers. The bill does not require public agencies to agree to anything, and does not empower a third party to compel agencies to do anything it has not explicitly agreed to. The bill explicitly protects right-to-work laws like the ones in Louisiana. Public safety collective bargaining and right-to-work can and do co-exist. For example, fire fighters currently enjoy collective bargaining rights in right-to-work states, such as: Florida, Oklahoma and Idaho.

Just as important as what the bill requires, is what it does not require. The bill does not allow public safety officers to strike; does not require binding arbitration to resolve disputes; does not take away authority of states and local jurisdictions to have the final say over all public safety decisions; does not require any specific method to certify unions; does not infringe on the rights of volunteer fire fighters; and does not mandate compulsory unionism.

Please support and consider co-sponsoring Senate Bill 2123 the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act.

Sincerely,

Your Name

Rank, Department