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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY BISIGNANO, PALMER, JUDGE, DEARDEN, SZYMONIAK,
1 3 FINK, DVORSKY, VILSACK, GIANNETTO, KIBBIE, GETTINGS,
1 4 CONNOLLY, FLYNN, HALVORSON, SORENSEN, NEUHAUSER,
1 5 FRAISE, HUSAK, HORN, BOSWELL, HANSEN, GRONSTAL,
1 6 PRIEBE, MURPHY, HAMMOND, and LUNDBY
1 7 (COMPANION TO HCR 6 BY FALLON)
1 8 A Concurrent Resolution urging support of the striking
1 9 workers at Bridgestone/Firestone in Des Moines
1 10 through legislation and other means.
1 11 WHEREAS, some 1,300 Iowa workers are engaging in
1 12 their legal right to strike over a contract dispute
1 13 with the owners of Bridgestone/Firestone; and
1 14 WHEREAS, these same 1,300 are now in jeopardy of
1 15 losing their jobs for engaging in this lawful strike;
1 16 and
1 17 WHEREAS, the loss of their livelihood will have a
1 18 devastating effect on these 1,300 workers, their
1 19 families, and their communities; and
1 20 WHEREAS, the right to strike is a hollow and mean-
1 21 ingless right if permanent replacement workers can be
1 22 hired to replace striking workers; and
1 23 WHEREAS, Bridgestone/Firestone has received over
1 24 $1.2 million in public funding including over $500,000
1 25 from the state of Iowa and $500,000 to train some of
1 26 these same employees; and
1 27 WHEREAS, the permanent hiring of striker
1 28 replacement workers is extremely uncommon in every
1 29 industrial country, including Japan, the home of
1 30 Bridgestone/Firestone, except in the United States and
2 1 South Africa; NOW THEREFORE,
2 2 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 3 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa
2 4 congressional delegation is urged to consider
2 5 legislation concerning the hiring of striker
2 6 replacement workers.
2 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa congressional
2 8 delegation ask for a congressional hearing on unfair
2 9 labor practices by foreign-owned companies.
2 10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa congressional
2 11 delegation join the Iowa Senate and the Iowa House of
2 12 Representatives in urging both sides in the
2 13 Bridgestone/Firestone labor dispute to return to the
2 14 bargaining table in an attempt to resolve this
2 15 dispute.
2 16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa Senate and
2 17 the Iowa House of Representatives call on Governor
2 18 Terry Branstad to use his good offices to intercede in
2 19 this contract dispute in an attempt to resolve it and
2 20 save the jobs of 1,300 Iowans.
2 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 22 resolution be sent to the Governor, the President of
2 23 the United States, the President of the United States
2 24 Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of
2 25 Representatives, and members of Iowa's congressional
2 26 delegation.
2 27 SCR 8
2 28 ec/cc/26
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