Question 2: Collective Bargaining for Public Defender (CPCS) Employees
Source: nbcboston.com
What does this measure do?
Supports: Labor Rights
Lets state public defender employees at the Committee for Public Counsel Services form a union and bargain over pay and working conditions. Any raises would come from the state budget, so taxpayers would pay.
Proposed by: Citizen initiative by public defenders and SEIU Local 888 (committee: Labor Unions for Public Counsel Workers Rights)
Public defender office (CPCS) workers and the union SEIU Local 888 filed it after years of inaction by lawmakers. The campaign's $1 million came entirely from two unions, NAGE and SEIU Local 888.
Source: wbur.org
A YES vote means
Public defender employees could form a union and bargain with their employer, which must then ask the governor to fund the contract.
A NO vote means
Public defender employees keep no collective bargaining right; the Legislature keeps setting their pay.
Sources: ballotpedia.org · tischcollege.tufts.edu · en.wikipedia.org