§ 28-9.4-4. Recognition of bargaining agent.
The employee organization selected by the municipal employees in an appropriate bargaining unit, as determined by the state labor relations board, shall be recognized by the municipal employer or the city, town, or district as the sole and exclusive negotiating or bargaining agent for all of the municipal employees in the appropriate bargaining unit in the city, town, or school district unless and until recognition of the employee organization is withdrawn or changed by vote of the municipal employees in the appropriate bargaining unit after a duly conducted election held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. An employee organization or the municipal employer may designate any person or persons to negotiate or bargain in its behalf.
History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 44, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
Chapter 28-9.4 - Municipal Employees’ Arbitration
Section 28-9.4-1. - Declaration of policy — Purpose.
Section 28-9.4-2. - Definitions.
Section 28-9.4-3. - Right to organize and bargain collectively.
Section 28-9.4-4. - Recognition of bargaining agent.
Section 28-9.4-5. - Obligation to bargain.
Section 28-9.4-6. - Determination of negotiating agent — Elections.
Section 28-9.4-7. - Supervision of elections.
Section 28-9.4-8. - Certification of negotiating agent.
Section 28-9.4-9. - Request for negotiation or bargaining.
Section 28-9.4-10. - Unresolved issues submitted to mediation or arbitration.
Section 28-9.4-11. - Arbitration board — Composition.
Section 28-9.4-12. - Hearings.
Section 28-9.4-13. - Appeal from decision.
Section 28-9.4-14. - Fees and expenses of arbitration.
Section 28-9.4-15. - Plural and singular usage.
Section 28-9.4-16. - Strikes by municipal employees illegal.
Section 28-9.4-17. - Mediation by director of labor and training and his or her conciliators.