US Congress House Joint Resolution 35 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 29)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-28 - 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. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]

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	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-joint-resolution/35/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hjres35/BILLS-112hjres35ih.pdf