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Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-44-201: Labor negotiations between public employee union and state or local government

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TN Code
Title 8
Chapter 44

(a) Notwithstanding any other Tennessee law to the contrary, labor negotiations between representatives of public employee unions or associations and representatives of a state or local governmental entity shall be open to the public, whether or not the negotiations by the state or local governmental entity are under the direction of the legislative, executive or judicial branch of government.

(b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require that planning or strategy sessions of either the union committee or the governmental entity committee, meeting separately or with the entity it represents, be open to the public.

(d) Both sides shall decide jointly and announce in advance of any such labor negotiations where such meetings shall be held.

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