Oklahoma Senate Bill Would Repeal Binding Arbitration Clause in Municipal Contracts

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Oklahoma's cities and towns wouldn't be required to use binding arbitration in employee wage negotiations under legislation filed by a freshman state senator.

State Sen. David Holt, R-Oklahoma City, said he's introduced a bill to repeal the system known as binding arbitration. Holt said Senate Bill 826 would restore taxpayer control and fiscal responsibility for local spending decisions by repealing the binding arbitration clause in municipal contracts.

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Oklahoma Senate Bill Would Repeal Binding Arbitration Clause in Municipal Contracts

"Since its enactment in 1994 through labor union lobbying, binding arbitration has taken the power to make spending decisions away from Oklahoma taxpayers and placed it in the hands of unaccounta...

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