Bill Text: IL HR0783 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois Department of Human Rights, and the U.S. Department of Labor to investigate the culture of harassment within the U.A.W. and provide increased support for the brave women who have detailed their experiences within the Ford Motor Company.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 19-5)
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-10 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer [HR0783 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0783-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, According to a recent case in front of the Equal | ||||||
3 | Employment Opportunity Commission,
between 2012 and 2014 more | ||||||
4 | than 1,500 female workers at Ford Motor Company production | ||||||
5 | plants
across the nation were subject to sexual harassment and | ||||||
6 | sexual abuse by both Ford management and
officials from the | ||||||
7 | United Auto Workers Union; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers | ||||||
9 | International Union (U.A.W.) have been
subjected to many | ||||||
10 | previous investigations involving sexual harassment; the | ||||||
11 | stubborn persistence of
harassment among women in the | ||||||
12 | automotive industry is widespread and underreported; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant and the Chicago | ||||||
14 | Stamping Plant have been particularly harsh
working | ||||||
15 | environments, with numerous reports of women being subjected to | ||||||
16 | harassment and physical
assault such as trading sexual favors | ||||||
17 | for overtime pay and fellow employees describing graphic sexual
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18 | acts to their female co-workers; and
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19 | WHEREAS, This disturbing behavior extends to the officials | ||||||
20 | of the U.A.W., which employs multiple union
representatives who | ||||||
21 | themselves have been accused of sexual harassment; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Multiple women at Ford's Chicago plants have come | ||||||
2 | to their union representatives with
sexual harassment | ||||||
3 | complaints, only to be rebuffed by union representatives | ||||||
4 | claiming cases are not
sexual harassment because "he only did | ||||||
5 | it one time" and "That's just him-he has no filter"; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Federal Labor Law states that a union may not "act | ||||||
7 | arbitrarily, discriminatorily, or in fraud,
deceit, or | ||||||
8 | dishonesty" or "discipline a member for refusing to engage in | ||||||
9 | an unlawful activity or for
testifying against other members in | ||||||
10 | a grievance meeting or an arbitration proceeding"; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The U.A.W. has also been accused of gross | ||||||
12 | financial corruption among upper level officials,
including | ||||||
13 | accepting money from auto companies in order to take | ||||||
14 | company-friendly positions; and
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15 | WHEREAS, The U.A.W. exists to serve its members, but it is | ||||||
16 | clear that they are actively playing a part in
cultivating a | ||||||
17 | culture of harassment at Ford; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
19 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
20 | urge the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois
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21 | Department of Human Rights, and the U.S. Department of Labor to | ||||||
22 | investigate the culture of harassment
within the U.A.W. and |
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1 | provide increased support for the brave women who have detailed | ||||||
2 | their
experiences within the Ford Motor Company; and be it | ||||||
3 | further
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4 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
5 | delivered to the Acting Chair and the
Commissioners of the | ||||||
6 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Secretary of the | ||||||
7 | U.S. Department
of Labor, the Director of the Illinois | ||||||
8 | Department of Human Rights, the President and Board of the | ||||||
9 | United
Auto Workers International, and the Board of Directors | ||||||
10 | at Ford Motor Company.
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