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Many Members of Congress want to require state and local governments to bargain collectively with police, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel. Congress should not deny state and local governments the choice of whether and how to bargain collectively with public-safety employees. If it is intent on doing so, however, Congress should ensure that it takes steps to mitigate the harmful unintended consequences that this proposal would entail. Specifically, Congress should:

Connecticut employers have seen a significant increase in legislation affecting their businesses over the last few years. Just to highlight a few (of the many pieces of legislation)...

Connecticut Proposed S.B. No. 483 An Act Concerning Homemakers and Companions and Noncompete Provisions, to eliminate the prohibition on noncompete provisions in private employment contracts for homemakers and companions.

To our promise, we're going to keep you safe and we're going to provide you with the best quality care, today for us that means we have to transfer some of our patients to other sites to make sure they get that care. and others it's causing a delay. >> so caught in the middle here, pam, are patients, their families, people who need care, people who are waiting to get treatment. and management, they are speaking about some of the contingency plans that they've put into place to make sure they can deliver those services. but of course this is coming down to the wire. the governor now getting inv...

Chronic understaffing that harms patient care. safe staffing is about having enough nurses to deliver safe care. quality care to every patient. it is a issue that our employers have ignored. >> cnn's gloria pasmino is following the last-minute negotiations and joins us now. so gloria, new york's governor is now involved. what is she calling for? >> reporter: yeah, it's coming down to the wire here, pam. the governor is asking both the union and hospital management to bring in a binding arbitration. that means a neutral party that would have to be brought in to work out a deal between these two...