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.