Bill Text: NY A04933 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 17 of article 1 of the constitution, in relation to the provision protecting the rights of working men and women with respect to government funded work and a safe and sanitary workplace

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to labor [A04933 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04933-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4933
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 10, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. BRODSKY, NOLAN, JOHN -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Labor
                   CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
       proposing  an  amendment to section 17 of article 1 of the constitution,
         in relation to the provision protecting the rights of working men  and
         women  with  respect to government funded work and a safe and sanitary
         workplace
    1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 17 of article
    2  1 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
    3    S 17. Labor of human beings is not  a  commodity  nor  an  article  of
    4  commerce and shall never be so considered or construed.
    5    No laborer, worker [or], mechanic, OR OTHER PERSON, in the employ of a
    6  contractor  or sub-contractor engaged in the performance of any [public]
    7  work OR ACTIVITY FUNDED BY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT,  OR  INCLUDING  IN
    8  THE  EMPLOY  OF  A PUBLIC CORPORATION CREATED BY, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF,
    9  ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, shall be  permitted  to  work  more  than
   10  eight  hours  in  any  day or more than five days in any week, except in
   11  cases of extraordinary emergency; nor shall he or she be paid less  than
   12  the  rate  of  wages  prevailing  in the same trade or occupation in the
   13  locality within the state where such [public] work OR ACTIVITY FUNDED BY
   14  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR A PUBLIC CORPORATION CREATED BY, OR FOR THE
   15  BENEFIT OF, ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT is to be situated, erected, or
   16  used.
   17    Employees shall have the right to organize and to bargain collectively
   18  through representatives of their own choosing.
   19    THE RIGHT OF ALL WORKERS TO WORK IN A SAFE  AND  SANITARY  WORK  PLACE
   20  SHALL BE PROTECTED.
   21    S 2.  Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
   22  referred  to  the  first regular legislative session convening after the
   23  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
   24  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
   25  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD89101-01-9