| Passed by the Senate April 22, 2003 YEAS 47 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 16, 2003 YEAS 97 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5995 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. MILTON H. DOUMIT JR. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved May 7, 2003. GARY LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 7, 2003 - 3:20 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 03/05/03.
AN ACT Relating to collective bargaining agreements in the construction trades concerning meal and rest periods; and amending RCW 49.12.187.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 49.12.187 and 1973 2nd ex.s. c 16 s 18 are each
amended to read as follows:
This chapter shall not be construed to interfere with, impede, or
in any way diminish the right of employees to bargain collectively with
their employers through representatives of their own choosing
concerning wages or standards or conditions of employment. However,
rules adopted under this chapter regarding appropriate rest and meal
periods as applied to employees in the construction trades may be
superseded by a collective bargaining agreement negotiated under the
national labor relations act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 151 et seq., if the terms
of the collective bargaining agreement covering such employees
specifically require rest and meal periods and prescribe requirements
concerning those rest and meal periods.