[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 35 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 35

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
      respecting the right to full employment and balanced growth.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2009

  Mr. Jackson of Illinois introduced the following joint resolution; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
      respecting the right to full employment and balanced growth.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. Every person has the right to work, to free choice of 
employment, to just and favorable conditions of work, and to protection 
against unemployment.
    ``Section 2. Every person, without any discrimination, has the 
right to equal pay for equal work.
    ``Section 3. Every person who works has the right to 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.
    ``Section 4. Every person who works has the right to form and join 
trade unions for the protection of their interests.
    ``Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce and implement 
this article by appropriate legislation.''.
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