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S. C. R. No. 2 As Introduced
As Introduced
| 128th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Seitz, Schuring, Faber, Buehrer, Schuler
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
| To request the Ohio Congressional delegation to
oppose legislation that disenfranchises Ohio
workers by removing their right to a private
ballot union election.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, The right to a private ballot when voting on
external representation is fundamentally inherent in our
representative Republic and shall not be infringed upon; and |
| WHEREAS, Ohio taxpayers spend tremendous resources to foster
and support free elections at home and abroad, it does not make
sense to roll back the clock on our own workplace elections by
abolishing federally protected private ballots; and |
| WHEREAS, Passing the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) will
replace a federally supervised private ballot election with a
system that facilitates coercion and intimidation, known as "card
check," whereby employees publicly sign cards to vote for
unionization; and |
| WHEREAS, The Chairman of the United States House Education
and Labor Committee, Representative Miller (Democrat, California),
and staunch supporter of the American "card check" bill, sent a
letter to a Mexican government official that states, "...we feel
that the private ballot is absolutely necessary in order to ensure
workers are not intimidated into voting for a union they may
otherwise not choose."; and |
| WHEREAS, The bill would leave Ohio employees vulnerable to
harassment, misinformation, labor union pressure, and would
ultimately have a significant negative impact on the Ohio small
business community; and |
| WHEREAS, Small businesses are less likely to have labor
counsel and are more susceptible to the complicated legal
restrictions employers face during union organizing drives; and |
| WHEREAS, This legislation departs from over six decades of
precedent established by the National Labor Relations Act by
imposing contract terms on private employers through a process of
compulsory binding arbitration; and |
| WHEREAS, The mandatory binding arbitration provisions of EFCA
deny workers the right to participate in the collective bargaining
process between employees and the union; now therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That the Ohio Senate (the House of Representatives
concurring) finds that so-called "card check" legislation such as
the "Employee Free Choice Act" is detrimental to the rights of
Ohio workers and an offense against democratic principles, and
urges all members of the Ohio Congressional delegation to support
worker freedom by opposing the EFCA and any of its components in
2009 and in future years; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly
authenticated copies of this Resolution to the members of the Ohio
Congressional delegation and to the news media of Ohio. |
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