Bill Text: GA HR71 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: United State Congress; urge to oppose efforts to adopt "Employee Free Choice Act"

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-16 - House Second Readers [HR71 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HR71-Introduced.html
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House Resolution 71
By: Representative O`Neal of the 146th

A RESOLUTION


Urging the Congress of the United States to oppose any efforts to adopt the so-called "Employee Free Choice Act"; and for other purposes

WHEREAS, recent actions by special labor interests have been trying to force through Congress a new law that could change the American workplace and strip workers of the sacred right to a secret ballot before authorizing a union organization; and

WHEREAS, current law allows companies to petition for a federally supervised secret ballot election on whether to have a union in their workplace, allowing employers and union workers to make their case to employees; and

WHEREAS, under the current system, the workers may cast their ballot for or against a union in private; and

WHEREAS, under the "Employee Free Choice Act," union bosses want to get rid of the secret ballot and instead install a union if a majority of workers can be pressured into signing authorization cards; and

WHEREAS, if pressured into signing authorization cards, without secret ballot to protect them, the employees can be required to have dues extracted from their paychecks; and

WHEREAS, business owners would be kept intentionally uninformed of union organizing drives, and there would be severe restrictions and huge new penalties imposed if they chose to speak out regarding these efforts; and

WHEREAS, if union organizers convince a majority of employees to sign cards, business owners have 120 days to agree to a contract, that is, within 90 days plus 30 days mediation; and

WHEREAS, if an agreement is not reached, a business owner enters binding arbitration where a federal arbiter will dictate the terms of their new labor contract; and

WHEREAS, a coalition of more than 300 business and free enterprise organizations oppose the "card check" process; and

WHEREAS, the 28th National Convention of the Communist Party, USA, unanimously endorsed the "Employee Free Choice Act"; and

WHEREAS, the passage of this legislation would prove detrimental to overall integrity of the American workplace.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of Congress are urged to oppose any efforts to enact the so-called "Employee Free Choice Act" or any similar Act aiming to remove the secret ballot from the union organizing process.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to each member of the Georgia congressional delegation.
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