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Authors: Alan L. Rupe and Daniel Press, Kutak Rock LLP
Summary
- Private sector employees in Oklahoma are provided the right to organize and bargain collectively under the National Labor Relations Act. The NLRA does not apply to public employers or private employers that are not engaged in interstate commerce. See Private Sector-Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively.
- The Fire and Police Arbitration Act governs collective bargaining, unit membership and other important labor relations issues between municipalities and police and fire labor unions. See Public Sector-Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively, Fire and Police Arbitration Act.
- School teachers and employees of schools have the right to organize and collectively bargain. See Public Sector-Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively, School Employees.
- The Oklahoma Municipal Employee Collective Bargaining Act, which applied to municipal employers and their employees, was repealed, effective November of 2011. See Public Sector-Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively, Oklahoma Municipal Employee Collective Bargaining Act.
- Oklahoma is a "right-to-work" state. See Right to Work.
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