KRS 67C.402: Employees' right to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining --

Mayor to represent consolidated local government.

(1) Police officers of a consolidated local government shall have, and shall be protected

in the exercise of, the right of self -organization, to form, join, or assist any labor

organization, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing

on questions of wages, hours, and other conditions of employment free from

interference, restraint, or coercion.

(2) Labor organizations designated by the cabinet as the representative of the majority

of police officers in an appropriate unit or recognized by a consolidated local

government as the representative of the majority of employees in an appropriate unit

shall be the exclusive representative for the employees of that unit for the purpose

of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours, and other

conditions of employment.

(3) Labor organizations recognized by a consolidated local government as the exclusive

representative or so designated in accordance with the provisions of this section

shall be responsible for representing the interest of all police officers in the unit

without discrimination.

(4) When a labor organization has been designated in accordance with the provisions of

this section as the exclusive representative of police officers in an appropriate unit,

the mayor of a consolidated local government or his designated authorized

representative shall represent the consolidated local governmen t in collective

bargaining with the labor organization.