Bill Text: PA SR402 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Celebrating 2010 as the 75th anniversary of the National Labor Relations Act and the National Labor Relations Board and the role that both have played in the protection of freedoms provided to workers.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-8)

Status: (Passed) 2010-09-28 - Introduced and adopted [SR402 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SR402-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2234
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 402 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY FONTANA, TARTAGLIONE, O'PAKE, DINNIMAN, FARNESE, ORIE, STOUT, ERICKSON, HUGHES, STACK, BOSCOLA, PIPPY, WASHINGTON, ALLOWAY, RAFFERTY, COSTA, MELLOW, FERLO, GREENLEAF, EARLL AND PILEGGI, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
A RESOLUTION
Celebrating 2010 as the 75th anniversary of the National Labor
Relations Act and the National Labor Relations Board and the
role that both have played in the protection of freedoms
provided to workers.
WHEREAS, On July 5, 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed
the National Labor Relations Act into law; and
WHEREAS, The National Labor Relations Board was established
with passage of the act to protect employees' rights to organize
and bargain collectively with their employer and to prevent or
remedy unfair labor practices; and
WHEREAS, For 75 years the National Labor Relations Board has
succeeded in resolving labor disputes peacefully by providing an
orderly, regulatory process that allows labor, management and
employees to settle their differences; and
WHEREAS, Today the National Labor Relations Board, an
independent Federal agency, has 5 members and 51 offices across
the country, including offices in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
The board and its regional employees handle approximately 25,000
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unfair labor practice charges each year; and
WHEREAS, The National Labor Relations Board allows a worker
to file charges if he or she believes rights have been violated
or an employer or a union has engaged in unlawful activity; and
WHEREAS, Due to settlements over the last ten years alone,
the board has distributed nearly $430 million to American
workers in back pay for earnings lost as a result of unfair
labor practices committed by employers and unions. Some
settlements have involved millions of dollars and thousands of
workers; and
WHEREAS, Labor unions, supported by the National Labor
Relations Act and the National Labor Relations Board, are as
dedicated today in advancing our economy as they were 75 years
ago; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize 2010 as a celebration of
the 75th anniversary of the National Labor Relations Act and the
National Labor Relations Board and the protection of freedoms
provided to workers across the county.
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