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GENERAL LEGISLATION II -A MINNESOTA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE LABOR RELATIONS ACT (PELRA) The AMM recommends that the followinE changes affecting cities be made. A-1 DISCIPLINARY ACTION Employees presently have a variety of grievance procedures available to them, including civil service systems, veterans preference, and thu equal employment opportunity act. EMPLOYEES COVERED BY A PELRA AGREEMENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPECIFY WHICH PROCEDURE SHOULD BE USED BY THEM OR SPECIFY A DIFFERENT PROCEDURE IN THE AGREEMENT, THUS PRECLUDING AN EMPLOYEE FROM INVOKING TWO PROCEDURES FOR GRIEVANCE. A IMPASSE RESOLUTION PELRA SHOULD BE AMENDED SO THAT THE EMPLOYEES MUST EXERCISE THEIR RIGS! TO STRIKE WITHIN 15 DAYS FOLLOWING THE EMPLOYEE'S REFUSAL TO ARBITRATE OR FORFEIT SUCH RIGHT. CURRENT TIME LINES SHOULD BE ELIMINATED. AUTHORITY TO DECLARE AN IMPASSE SHOULD REST SOLELY WITH THE MEDIATOR A-', SUPERVISORS AND CONFIDENT'AL EMPLOYEES WITH PUBLIC COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SUPERVISORS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES SHOULD HAVE THEIR MANAGEMENT ROLE ACKNOWLEDGED AND HAVE THEIR STATUS LIMITED TO MEET AND CONFER. IN NO EVENT SHOULD SUPERVISORY OR CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES BE REPRESENTED BY AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION WHICH REPRESENTS THE NON -SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES THEY SUPERVISE. THE TERM 'SUPERVISORY' SHOULD BE AS PRESENTLY DEFINED .UNDER PELRA FOR NON-ESSENTTAL EMPLOYEE SUPERVISORS. THE DEFINITION' OF SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES SHOULD NOT BE FURTHER LIMITED. TO DO SO WOULD ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE ThAT IN ALL BUT. CITY MANAGER CITIES, NO EMPLOYEES COULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES FOR PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT LABOR RELATIONS ACT A-u RIGHT TO STRIKE: THE EXISTING CLASSIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES SHOULD FE ELIMINATED AND ALL EMPLOYEES ORGANIZED UNDER PELRA GIVEN THE RIGHT TO STRIKE. WITHIN THE LIMITED RIGHT TO STRIKE, THE PUBLIC EMPLOYER WOULD HAVE THE OPTION OF EITHER REQUESTING ARBITRATION WITHIN A SPECIFIC TIME: OR ALLOWING EMPLOYEES TO LEGALLY STRIKE. A-5 BINDING ARBITRATION