House Resolution 40 - Introduced PAG LIN 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