Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund
Section 21 - Collective Bargaining Agents; Consent

Section 21. No applicant shall receive assistance or funding from the program of employee involvement and ownership without the written consent and participation of any collective bargaining agent for the employees of the applicant's employer and, where said employees are not represented by any collective bargaining agent, without the written consent and agreement of the employer as determined by said program.
The new owners of an employee-owned business that receive funds through the program of employee involvement and ownership or the economic stabilization trust, pursuant to this chapter, shall recognize that a condition of the receipt of any assistance including, but not limited to, a feasibility study, loan, financing or investment from said economic stabilization trust or program is the requirement that the new owners of said business shall retain and continue to recognize any duly certified collective bargaining agent and shall assume any existing contracts or other current agreement with employees, related to terms and conditions of work until the date of expiration of such contract or agreement.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth

Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1a - Declaration of Need for Employment Skills Training and Education; Findings

Section 2 - Industrial Service Program; Rules; Procedures

Section 3 - Executive Director; Employees; Utilization of Other Agencies' Resources

Section 4 - Program Duties

Section 5 - Private Consultants; Contracts

Section 6 - Sale of Business; Notice to Employees; Assistance for Buyers

Section 7 - Documentary Materials, Data or Conversations Regarding Business Operations; Public Records

Section 16 - Employee–ownership Revolving Loan Fund

Section 17 - Employee Involvement and Ownership Program; Powers and Duties of Director

Section 18 - Duties; Research and Evaluation

Section 19 - Start-Up Programs; Requests for Grants; Memoranda of Understanding

Section 20 - Assistance for Applicants; Outreach Program

Section 21 - Collective Bargaining Agents; Consent

Section 22 - Area Labor-Management Committees

Section 23 - Retaliation for Participation or Nonparticipation

Section 24 - Grants-in-Aid; Application; Approval

Section 25 - Notification to Department of Transitional Assistance and Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Section 26 - Definition of Displaced Homemaker

Section 27 - State-Wide Advisory Council on Displaced Homemakers

Section 28 - Multi-Purpose Service Centers

Section 29 - Report to Governor

Section 30 - Industrial Service Program; Manufacturing Network Grants

Section 31 - Industrial Service Program Annual Report on Program Activities

Section 32 - Audits

Section 33 - Construction of Chapter