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House Concurrent Resolution 6

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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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