Lawrence City Commission interested in discussing changes to city union rules

City leaders are interested in discussing potential changes to the local resolution governing city employee unions.

As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission received a report from the area union Teamsters Local 696 regarding Resolution No. 6817, which the commission can amend at its discretion.

Matt Hall, secretary-treasurer and business agent for Teamsters Local 696, told the commission that there is a group of city employees interested in unionizing, but that the city’s resolution creates barriers to unionization and needs to be reformed.