COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: provide for accreditation of associations of agricultural producers and promote good faith bargaining between such associations and handlers of agricultural products (see H.R. 230), H64 [6JA]

Dept. of Transportation: provide emergency authority to resolve airline labor disputes (see S. 1327), S8704 [2AU]

Employment: protect employee rights (see H.R. 404), H218 [7FE]

———strengthen the rights of workers to associate, organize, and strike (see S. 1102), S6920 [26JN]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see S. 740), S3706 [6AP] (see S. 962), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 2055), H2888 [5JN]

Labor unions: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see S. 902), S5005 [16MY]

———prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see S. 1107), S6991 [27JN] (see H.R. 2320), H3618 [26JN]

———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 873), S4890 [14MY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see S. 952), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 1475), H1486 (see H.R. 1475), H1496 [4AP]

National Labor Relations Act: exempt retailers which permit charitable organizations access to its premises but denies access to labor unions to organize (see S. 929), S5438 [22MY]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 1890), H2333 [17MY]

Letters

Charitable solicitations at retail stores: Thomas D. Hyde, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., S11327 [1NO]

Collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments: Don Borut, National League of Cities, S11447 [5NO]

———J. Thomas Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S11446 [5NO]

———Philip C. Stittleburg, National Volunteer Fire Council, S11447 [5NO]

———Reed Larson, National Right To Work Committee, S11447 [5NO]

———William T. Pound, National Conference of State Legislatures, S11447 [5NO]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: provide for accreditation of associations of agricultural producers and promote good faith bargaining between such associations and handlers of agricultural products (H.R. 230), H6373, H6374 [4OC]

International Labor Organization: international workers rights standards ratification, E611 [24AP]

———tribute to Worldwide Workers' Rights public awareness poster campaign, H1696 [1MY], E691 [1MY], E697 [2MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, H3124-H3129 [13JN], E1120 [14JN]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (H.R. 1475), E545 [5AP]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Transportation: provide emergency authority to resolve airline labor disputes (S. 1327), S8749 [2AU]

Employment: strengthen the rights of workers to associate, organize, and strike (S. 1102), S6924-S6926 [26JN]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (S. 962), S5636 [24MY]

Labor unions: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (S. 902), S5017 [16MY]

———prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 1107), S6992-S6994 [27JN]

———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (S. 873), S4892 [14MY]

———use of fees paid by nonunion members for activities not necessary for labor representation, S2698-S2703, S2782 [22MR]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (S. 952), S5630 [24MY]

National Labor Relations Act: exempt retailers which permit charitable organizations access to its premises but denies access to labor unions to organize, S11327-S11329 [1NO]

———exempt retailers which permit charitable organizations access to its premises but denies access to labor unions to organize (S. 929), S5460 [22MY]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for those employed by States or local governments, S11260-S11262, S11270-S11272 [31OC], S11302 [1NO], S11407 [2NO], S11445-S11448 [5NO], S11449-S11453 [6NO]

———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, S11271, S11272 [31OC], S11302 [1NO]

Reports filed

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 952), S9504 [19SE]

Texts of

S. 902, Freedom From Union Violence Act, S5017 [16MY]

S. 929, Preserve Charitable Giving Act, S5460 [22MY]

S. 952, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, S5755-S5757 [25MY]

S. 962, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act, S5758 [25MY]

S. 1107, prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes, S6993 [27JN]