House Resolution 40 - Introduced

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                                    H.R. ________ S.R. ________


  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2      BY  ALONS, ANDERSON, ARNOLD, BAUDLER, COWNIE,
  1  3      DE BOEF, DEYOE, DOLECHECK, DRAKE, FORRISTALL,
  1  4      GRASSLEY, HAGENOW, HEATON, HELLAND, HORBACH,
  1  5         HUSEMAN, KAUFMANN, KOESTER, LUKAN, MAY,
  1  6   L. MILLER, S. OLSON, PAULSEN, PETTENGILL, RAECKER,
  1  7    RANTS, RAYHONS, ROBERTS, SANDS, SCHULTE, SCHULTZ,
  1  8     SODERBERG, SORENSON, STRUYK, SWEENEY, TJEPKES,
  1  9       TYMESON, UPMEYER, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, WAGNER,
  1 10             WATTS, WINDSCHITL, and WORTHAN
  1 11 A Resolution urging Iowa's congressional delegation to
  1 12    oppose legislation that disenfranchises workers by
  1 13    removing their right to a private ballot union
  1 14    election.
  1 15    WHEREAS, the right to a private, secret ballot when
  1 16 voting on external representation is fundamentally
  1 17 inherent in our representative republic and shall not
  1 18 be infringed upon; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, passing the Employee Free Choice Act will
  1 20 replace a federally supervised private ballot election
  1 21 with a system that facilitates coercion and
  1 22 intimidation, known as "card check", whereby employees
  1 23 publicly sign cards to vote for unionization; and
  1 24    WHEREAS, the American people generally support a
  1 25 worker's right to a federally supervised secret ballot
  1 26 election when deciding whether or not to join a union;
  1 27 and
  1 28    WHEREAS, in July 2002, before a United States House
  1 29 of Representatives subcommittee, a union employee
  1 30 testified that those who would not vote for a union in
  2  1 a public "card check" program were threatened with
  2  2 termination, deportation, and loss of retirement and
  2  3 other health benefits; and
  2  4    WHEREAS, the Employee Free Choice Act's mandatory
  2  5 binding arbitration provisions deny workers the right
  2  6 to participate in the collective bargaining process
  2  7 between employees and the union; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  8    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  9 That the Iowa House of Representatives finds "card
  2 10 check" legislation such as the Employee Free Choice
  2 11 Act to be detrimental to the rights of workers and an
  2 12 offense against democratic principles; and
  2 13    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa House of
  2 14 Representatives urges Iowa's elected representatives
  2 15 in the United States Congress to support worker
  2 16 freedom by opposing the Employee Free Choice Act and
  2 17 any of its components in 2009 and in future years; and
  2 18    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
  2 19 Resolution be sent to the members of Iowa's
  2 20 congressional delegation.
  2 21 LSB 2540HH 83
  2 22 ec/rj/14