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bargaining unit in the city, town, or school district unless and until recognition of the employee organization is withdrawn or changed by vote of the municipal employees in the appropriate bargaining unit after a duly conducted election held pursuant to the provisions of this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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-9.4-4
Recognition of bargaining agent
Known as the Municipal Employees Arbitration Act
The act spans §§ 28-9.4-1 to 28-9.4-9 (19 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Forbes v. Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers (1996)
Most recently applied in Forbes v. Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers (April 1996)
P.L. 1967, ch. 44, § 1.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.