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DELEGATE JAMES: Delegate Mason.

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DELEGATE MASON: I would like to know if

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collective bargaining negotiations would be open to the

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public.

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DELEGATE WILLONER: Collective bargaining

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negotiations between private parties is not a subject for

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this convention to address itself to at all. This is a

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limitation on the State, not on private individuals.

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DELEGATE MASON: I am speaking about collective

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bargaining negotiations between public employees.

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DELEGATE WILLONER: And the State?

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DELEGATE JAMES: Delegate Willoner.

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DELEGATE WILLONER: I would have to frankly say

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that this was a question that was never discussed in committee.

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As a matter of fact, as you well know, our committee did

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not report out something on labor, so perhaps it wasn't

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discussed.

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I would have to say this: I would think the

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legislature would be wise in protecting this area, because

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I think it is something that the public has a definite

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interest in. It is something that affects us, all of us,