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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY FALLON, CONNORS, CATALDO, BAKER, SCHRADER,
1 3 RUNNING, SHOULTZ, MAY, DODERER, HOLVECK, O'BRIEN,
1 4 MASCHER, KOENIGS, MERTZ, BURNETT, WARNSTADT,
1 5 DREES, McCOY, BERNAU, WEIGEL, BRAMMER, HARPER,
1 6 WISE, LARKIN, WITT, JOCHUM, NELSON of
1 7 Pottawattamie, OLLIE, BELL, MYERS, COHOON, BRAND,
1 8 MURPHY, and MORELAND
1 9 A Concurrent Resolution urging support of the striking
1 10 workers at Bridgestone/Firestone in Des Moines
1 11 through legislation and other means.
1 12 WHEREAS, some 1,300 Iowa workers are engaging in
1 13 their legal right to strike over a contract dispute
1 14 with the owners of Bridgestone/Firestone; and
1 15 WHEREAS, these same 1,300 are now in jeopardy of
1 16 losing their jobs for engaging in this lawful strike;
1 17 and
1 18 WHEREAS, the loss of their livelihood will have a
1 19 devastating effect on these 1,300 workers, their
1 20 families, and their communities; and
1 21 WHEREAS, the right to strike is a hollow and mean-
1 22 ingless right if permanent replacement workers can be
1 23 hired to replace striking workers; and
1 24 WHEREAS, Bridgestone/Firestone has received over
1 25 $1.2 million in public funding including over $500,000
1 26 from the state of Iowa and $500,000 to train some of
1 27 these same employees; and
1 28 WHEREAS, the permanent hiring of striker
1 29 replacement workers is extremely uncommon in every
1 30 industrial country, including Japan, the home of
2 1 Bridgestone/Firestone, except in the United States and
2 2 South Africa; NOW THEREFORE,
2 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 4 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa congressional
2 5 delegation is urged to join United States Senator Tom
2 6 Harkin in support of his legislation barring the
2 7 hiring of striker replacement workers.
2 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa congressional
2 9 delegation ask for a congressional hearing on unfair
2 10 labor practices by foreign-owned companies.
2 11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa congressional
2 12 delegation join the Iowa House of Representatives and
2 13 the Iowa Senate in urging both sides in the
2 14 Bridgestone/Firestone labor dispute to return to the
2 15 bargaining table in an attempt to resolve this
2 16 dispute.
2 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa House of
2 18 Representatives and the Iowa Senate call on Governor
2 19 Terry Branstad to use his good offices to intercede in
2 20 this contract dispute in an attempt to resolve it and
2 21 save the jobs of 1,300 Iowans.
2 22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 23 resolution be sent to the Governor, the President of
2 24 the United States, the President of the United States
2 25 Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of
2 26 Representatives, and members of Iowa's congressional
2 27 delegation.
2 28 LSB 1573HH 76
2 29 ec/jw/5
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