DEBATE - HR 1.429 Amendment, Closes 25 November, 4 PM EST
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| QUOTE | Mr. Chorley (I-NY) submits the following bill to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Co-Sponsors:
Joaquin Palafox (D-TX)
Josh Frappier (D-MA)
A BILL
To protect workers' rights to unionize.
To repeal government restrictions on workers' right to organize
To protect workers from criminal prosecution for destruction of corporate property.
To provide military weapons and equipment to labor unions for their protection.
SECTION 1: FINDINGS
WHEREAS
The Taft-Hartley Act
- Authorized states to enact so-called right-to-work laws. These laws undermine the ability to build effective unions by creating a free-rider problem--workers can enjoy the benefits of union membership in a workplace without actually joining the union or paying union dues. Right-to-work laws increase employer leverage to resist unions by enabling them to benefit from free riders. Vastly decreased union membership follows, dramatically diminishing the unions bargaining power.
-Outlaws the closed shop which required that persons join the union before being eligible for employment with the unionized employer. (Still permitted are provisions that require any member of a bargaining unit to pay a portion of dues to that union.)
-Defined "employee" for purposes of the act as excluding supervisors and independent contractors. This diminished the pool of workers eligible to be unionized. The exclusion of supervisors from union organizing activity meant they would be used as management's "frontline" in anti-organizing efforts.
-Permitted employers to petition for a union certification election, thus undermining the ability of workers and unions to control the timing of an election during the sensitive organizing stage, forcing an election before the union is ready.
-Required that election hearings on matters of dispute be held before a union recognition election, thus delaying the election. Delay generally benefits management, giving the employer time to coerce workers.
-Established the "right" of management to campaign against a union organizing drive, thereby scuttling the principle of employer neutrality.
-Prohibited secondary boycotts--boycotts directed to encourage neutral employers to pressure the employer with which the union has a dispute. Secondary boycotts had been one of organized labor's most potent tools for organizing, negotiating, and dispute settlement.
WHEREAS
These provisions inhibit the right of workers to organize and the ability of unions to protect workers
WHEREAS
Corporations acquire wealth through violence.
WHEREAS
Destruction of corporate property is an act of self-defense
THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED by the Congress here assembled:
The Worker's Bill of Rights shall be issued to deal with these problems and shall take into effect upon passage by Congress and signature by the President.
SECTION 2: PROVISIONS
1) Prohibits the enactment of right to work laws by any federal, state, or local government, under the power invested by the 14th amendment.
2) Repeals the prohibiton of closed shops.
3) Broadens the definition of employee to include supervisors and independent contractors.
4) Prohibits employers from petitioning for a union certification election.
5) Repeals the requirement that all hearings on matters of dispute be held before a union certification election.
6) Prohibits employers from campaigning or organizing campaigns against unionization drives.
7) Repeals the prohibition on wildcat strikes and secondary boycotts.
8) Excempts all employees of any corporation from criminal prosecution for damage to corporate owned property.
SECTION 3: CONCLUSIONS
1) This bill provides $50 billion dollars worth of military equipment in the form of small arms and artillery to be distributed to the control of labor unions.
2) This bill authorizes labor unions to organize and arm Workers' Militias.
3) This bill establishes a Commission for the Arming of Workers to calculate and distribute arms to unions based on the proportion of unionized workers each union holds as part of the total unionized workforce.
SECTION 3 TIME OF IMPLEMENTATION
1) This Bill shall go into effect immediately after date it is signed by the President of the United States |
Deletions in italics, changes in bold.
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