First Regular Session
Sixty-second General Assembly
LLS NO. R990813.01 Jane
Brown
STATE OF COLORADO
BY REPRESENTATIVES Paschall, May, Allen, Lee, Scott,
Alexander, Clapp, Dean, Decker, Fairbank, Hefley, Hoppe, Johnson,
Kester, King, Larson, McElhany, McKay, Nuñez, Pfiffner,
Sinclair, Smith, Spence, Stengel, Swenson, Webster, T. Williams,
Witwer, Young; also Senators Congrove, Andrews, Arnold, Blickensderfer,
Hillman, Lamborn, Musgrave, Owen, Powers, Sullivant, Tebedo, Teck.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 99-1032
CONCERNING THE REPEAL OF FEDERAL LAWS THAT ALLOW
OR REQUIRE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS TO REPRESENT EMPLOYEES WHO CHOOSE
NOT TO SUPPORT SUCH ORGANIZATIONS.
WHEREAS, The "National Labor Relations Act",
29 U.S.C. sec. 159 (a), grants certified labor organizations the
authority to represent and contractually bind all employees in
a bargaining unit, including those employees who prefer not to
join, financially support, or be represented by a labor organization;
and
WHEREAS, Some union officials consider this federally
granted "exclusive representation" an unfair arrangement
under state legislation that bans the mandatory collection of
a service or other such fee from nonunion employees; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the state of Colorado
agrees that bargaining agreements negotiated by a labor organization
should cover or bind only those employees who join or financially
support such labor organizations; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly believes that employees
who choose not to join or financially support a labor organization
should not be bound by the provisions of such labor organization's
collective bargaining agreement, nor should they be required to
accept such labor organization as their bargaining representative;
now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives
of the Sixtysecond General Assembly of the State of Colorado,
the Senate concurring herein:
That the General Assembly of the state of Colorado
strongly urges the Congress of the United States to repeal all
provisions of federal law that allow or require a labor organization
to represent employees who choose not to join or financially support
such labor organization.
Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this resolution be sent to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, J. Dennis Hastert, Senate Majority Leader, Trent Lott, House Minority Leader, Richard Gephardt, Senate Minority Leader, Thomas Daschle, and each member of the Colorado congressional delegation.