Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill that would dramatically change collective bargaining rules for public employee unions.
Assemblyman Randy Kirner and fellow Republican Assembly members Jim Wheeler and John Hambrick are the primary sponsors of AB182. The bill is set for a hearing Wednesday.
The measure would prevent local government employers from giving their employees paid time off for union tasks. It would bar supervisors and administrators from unionizing at all, and would expand local governments' ability to implement layoffs.
The bill would also prevent raises for employees if a union contract expires and a new one isn't in place.
Supporters say the bill ends unsustainable union practices.
The SEIU union has dubbed the measure the "Union Armageddon Bill" and encouraged members to turn out in force to oppose it.
