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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 838

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representatives Fisch, R. King, O'Brien, Allen, Winsley, Sayan, Jacobsen, Heavey and Crane

Read first time 2/11/87 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to maintaining existing collective bargaining agreements; and adding a new section to chapter 49.36 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 49.36 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) A collective bargaining agreement between an employer and a labor organization is effective and enforceable until the expiration date of the agreement against any successor employer who succeeds to the contracting employer's business.

          (2) If the successor employer gives notice within thirty days of his or her assumption of the business that negotiations shall be commenced for a new collective bargaining agreement and the new agreement becomes effective prior to the expiration date of the old collective bargaining agreement, the old agreement shall expire when the new agreement becomes effective.

          (3) As used in this section, "successor employer" means any purchaser, assignee, or transferee of a business if the purchaser, assignee, or transferee conducts or will conduct substantially the same business operation or offer the same service and use the same physical facility as the predecessor employer.

          (4) The commission created by RCW 41.58.010 shall administer and enforce this section.