{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-901.30-1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.30-1","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this act:\n\n1. “Bargaining agent” means any lawful association, fraternal\n\norganization, labor organization, federation or council having as\n\none of its purposes the improvement of wages, hours and other\n\nconditions of employment among employees of Rural Fire Protection\n\nDistricts;\n\n2. \"Board\" means the Public Employees Relations Board;\n\n3. “Collective bargaining” means the performance of the mutual\n\nobligation of the Rural Fire Protection District employer or the\n\nemployer’s designated representatives and the representative of the\n\nemployees to meet at reasonable times, including meetings\n\nappropriately related to the budget making process; to confer in\n\ngood faith with respect to wages, hours and other conditions of\n\nemployment, or the negotiation of an agreement, or any question\n\narising hereunder; and to execute a written contract incorporating\n\nany agreement reached if requested by either party. Such obligation\n\nshall not, however, compel either party to agree to a proposal or\n\nrequire the making of a concession;\n\n4. “Corporate authorities” means the Board of Directors of any\n\nRural Fire Protection District whose duty or duties it is to\n\nestablish the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours, working\n\nconditions and other terms and conditions of employment of\n\nfirefighters;\n\n5. “Firefighters” means the permanent paid members of any Rural\n\nFire Protection District within the State of Oklahoma but shall not\n\ninclude the chief of the rural fire department and an administrative\n\nassistant;\n\n6. “Strike” means the concerted failure to report for duty, the\n\nwillful absence from one’s position, unauthorized holidays, sickness\n\nunsubstantiated by a physician’s statement, the stoppage of work, or\n\nthe abstinence in whole or in part from the full, faithful and\n\nproper performance of the duties of employment, for the purpose of\n\nincluding, influencing or coercing a change in the conditions,\n\ncompensation, rights, privileges or obligations of employment.\n\nNothing contained in this act shall be construed to limit, impair or\n\naffect the right of any public employee to the expression or\n\ncommunication of a view, grievance, complaint or opinion on any\n\nmatter related to the conditions or compensation of public\n\nemployment or their betterment, so long as the same does not\n\ninterfere with the full, faithful and proper performance of the\n\nduties of employment; and\n\n7. “Unfair labor practices” for the purpose of this act shall\n\nbe deemed to include, but not be limited to, the following acts and\n\nconduct:\n\na. action by corporate authorities:\n\n(1) interfering with, restraining, intimidating or\n\ncoercing employees in the exercise of the rights\n\nguaranteed them by this act,\n\n(2) dominating or interfering with the formation,\n\nexistence or administration of any employee\n\norganization or bargaining agent,\n\n(3) interfering in any manner whatsoever with the\n\nprocess of selection by firefighters of their\n\nrespective bargaining agents or attempting to\n\ninfluence, coerce or intimidate individuals in\n\nsuch selection,\n\n(4) discharging or otherwise disciplining or\n\ndiscriminating against a firefighter because he\n\nor she has signed or filed any affidavit,\n\npetition or complaint or has given any\n\ninformation or testimony under this act or\n\nbecause of an election to be represented by the\n\nbargaining agent,\n\n(5) refusing to bargain collectively or discuss\n\ngrievances in good faith with the designated\n\nbargaining agent with respect to any issue coming\n\nwithin the purview of this act, or\n\n(6) instituting or attempting to institute a lockout.\n\nb. action by bargaining agent:\n\n(1) interfering with, restraining, intimidating or\n\ncoercing employees in the exercise of the rights\n\nguaranteed them by this act,\n(5) refusing to bargain collectively or discuss\n\ngrievances in good faith with the designated\n\nbargaining agent with respect to any issue coming\n\nwithin the purview of this act, or\n\n(6) instituting or attempting to institute a lockout.\n\nb. action by bargaining agent:\n\n(1) interfering with, restraining, intimidating or\n\ncoercing employees in the exercise of the rights\n\nguaranteed them by this act,\n\n(2) interfering with or attempting to coerce the\n\ncorporate authorities in the selection of their\n\nrepresentatives for the purposes of collective\n\nbargaining or the adjustment of grievances, or\n\n(3) refusing to bargain collectively or discuss\n\ngrievances in good faith with the proper\n\ncorporate authorities with respect to any issue\n\ncoming within the purview of this act.","path":["OK Code","Title 19"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os19.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"2de0f3cf7328329d8cc0333d6a20a1e6ca8c3126a286ff6edeef4ed42b7c7b4c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-901.30","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-901.30-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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