Lawmakers introduced changes to HB267, removing the prohibition on public sector collective bargaining and instead requiring unions to recieve a majority of employee support to participate in collective bargaining.

The Utah House of Representatives voted this week to advance House Bill 267, dubbed the “Public Sector Labor Union Amendments,” to the Utah Senate. The bill, which prohibits public employers from recognizing labor organizations as bargaining agents for public employees — including teachers,

A bill to ban public sector unions from collective bargaining is one step closer to becoming law after passing the Utah Senate on Thursday with an 18-10 vote. But the vote came with a promise from the bill’s Senate sponsor,

The bill received an extensive public comments period during the committee hearing last week and passed on the House floor by a vote of 42 to 32.

A Utah Senate committee narrowly advanced (4-3) a controversial bill Wednesday to end collective bargaining for public sector unions. Why it matters: The proposal faced intense opposition from unions representing educators,

After passing through the state House, a bill that would prohibit collective bargaining for public sector labor unions was advanced through a Senate committee on Wednesday.