HB 1829 Summary

• Repeals existing sections 105.500-105.530 and establishes a new "Public Employee Bargaining Act" (sections 105.535-105.573) governing collective bargaining for Missouri public employees.

• Creates a Public Employment Relations Board within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations with three gubernatorial appointees to oversee bargaining unit designations, union certification/decertification, and dispute resolution.

• Grants public employees the right to form, join, or assist labor organizations and engage in collective bargaining on wages, hours, and terms of employment, while prohibiting strikes and lockouts.

• Establishes procedures for union certification through secret ballot elections requiring 30% petition signatures and 40% voter turnout, with impasse resolution through mediation and binding arbitration for unresolved issues.

• Prohibits employer discrimination based on union activity and requires good-faith bargaining, with payroll deduction of dues as a permissible (not mandatory) subject of bargaining; fair share payments are left optional rather than required.