US Congress House Joint Resolution 35 (Prior Session Legislation)

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February 28 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that every person has the right to: (1) work; (2) free choice of employment; (3) just and favorable conditions of work; (4) protection against unemployment; and (5) equal pay for equal work, without any discrimination. Provides that all persons who work have the right to: (1) just and favorable remuneration ensuring for themselves and their family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection; and (2) form and join trade unions for the protection of their interests.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to full employment and balanced growth.

Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep Bass, Karen	Rep Brown, Corrine	Rep Butterfield, G. K.
Rep Carson, Andre	Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy	Rep Cleaver, Emanuel	Rep Clyburn, James E.
Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Cummings, Elijah E.	Rep Davis, Danny K.	Rep Ellison, Keith
Rep Fattah, Chaka	Rep Filner, Bob	Rep Fudge, Marcia L.	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila	Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr.	Rep Kaptur, Marcy	Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.
Rep Lee, Barbara	Rep Lewis, John	Rep Payne, Donald M.	Rep Rangel, Charles B.
Rep Rush, Bobby L.	Rep Scott, David	Rep Thompson, Bennie G.	Rep Towns, Edolphus
Rep Watt, Melvin L.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2011-02-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HJ00035:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hjres35ih/pdf/BILLS-112hjres35ih.pdf