LABOR UNIONS

Agreements

UAW sourcing, product and investment commitments with Chrysler LLC, H5463 [12MY]

Articles and editorials

Labor Cites JCT Analysis To Argue Against Cadillac Tax, S13590 [20DE]

ObamaCare's Longshoremen Rules, S13813 [23DE]

Senate Health Bill Unfair to Construction Industry—NAHB, S13814 [23DE]

Bills and resolutions

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see S. 748), S4062 [31MR] (see H.R. 1820), H4249 [31MR]

Chavez, Cesar E.: establish an honorary legal public holiday (see H. Res. 213), H3055 [5MR]

———tribute (see S. Res. 92), S4063 [31MR]

Chrysler LLC: request the President furnish the House of Representatives with information on communications with Chrysler LLC relative to plant closings (see H. Res. 462), H5891 [20MY]

Civil liberties: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 4107), H13265 [18NO]

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 2537), H6008 [21MY]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see S. 90), S41 [6JA] (see H.R. 983), H1247 [11FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: remove ineligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits of individuals who participate in a strike (see H.R. 3048), H7445 [25JN]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule relative to financial disclosure and transparency by labor union management (see S.J. Res. 24), S13458 [18DE]

———withdraw notice of proposed rulemaking seeking to rescind Form LM-2 requiring financial disclosure by labor unions (see H. Con. Res. 116), H5062 [30AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize a grant program to provide for expanded access to mainstream financial institutions (see S. 786), S4310 [2AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees (see S. 362), S1124 [30JA] (see H.R. 949), H1157 [10FE]

Employment: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see S. 560), S2964 [10MR] (see H.R. 1409), H3144 [10MR]

———require employers to provide equal access to employees prior to an election for representation, prevent delays in collective bargaining, and strengthen enforcement against intimidation (see H.R. 1355), H3054 [5MR]

Federal employees: repeal certain provisions of law relative to official time and labor organization activities (see H.R. 3251), H8355 [17JY]

Foreign trade: withdraw normal trade relations treatment from the products of foreign countries that do not maintain acceptable standards of religious freedom and worker rights (see H.R. 3347), H8872 [27JY]

Health: apply antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1204), H2835 [25FE]

Human rights: express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (see H. Res. 416), H5399 [7MY]

National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 205), H11790 [26OC]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see S. 478), S2473 [25FE] (see H.R. 1176), H2834 [25FE]

———protect employer rights (see S. 1227), S6452 [10JN] (see H.R. 2808), H6538 [10JN]

———require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (see H.R. 243), H69 [7JA]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 1395), H3104 [9MR]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 1611), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 413), H161 [9JA]

Randolph, A. Philip: tribute (see H. Res. 150), H1158 [10FE]

Sweeney, John: tribute (see S. Res. 266), S9371 [15SE]

Taxation: provide tax credit to employers headquartered in U.S., that pay fair wages, provide benefits, offset income for employees serving in Reserves, and respect the right to organize (see S. 829), S4445 [20AP]

Workers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 375), H4915 [28AP]

Letters

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: Benjamin Hueso, San Diego, CA, City Council, H12401 [5NO]

Construction industry exclusion from small business exemption from providing minimum health insurance standards to employees: several construction industry organizations, S13775 [22DE], S13814 [23DE]

Fair Pay Act: several business organizations, S773 [22JA]

Impact of Chrysler LLC bankruptcy and subsequent restructuring: Bob Nardelli, Chrysler LLC, H6678 [12JN], H9258 [31JY]

———Ron Bloom, H6679 [12JN]

Nomination of Sonia M. Sotomayor to be Supreme Court Justice: several civil rights and labor organizations, S8831 [5AU]

Lists

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 601 World War II veterans, E1647 [7JY]

Oregonians killed on the job, E1002 [28AP]

Prayers

Prayer of the Farm Workers' Struggle: Cesar E. Chavez, S636 [16JA]

Remarks in House

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees: tribute to Council 26, E198 [4FE]

Brynwood Partners (company): condemn decision to close Stella D'oro factory after NLRB ruling in favor of striking workers, H8162 [15JY]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (H.R. 1820), E825 [31MR]

———designate (S. 748), H12400, H12401 [5NO]

Champaign, IL: tribute to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 601 chapter, E1646 [7JY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: establish an honorary legal public holiday (H. Res. 213), H4255 [1AP]

Chrysler LLC: impact of bankruptcy filing and pending merger with Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., H5463-H5466 [12MY]

Collinsville, IL: anniversary of Plumbers and Gasfitters Local 360, E2791 [17NO]

Corp. for National and Community Service: make certain organizations and related activities ineligible for grants, H3605 [18MR]

Decatur, IL: anniversary of Decatur Trades and Labor Assembly, E2914 [8DE]

Duncan, Kevin: Middlesex County, NJ, AFL-CIO Labor Person of the Year award recipient, E1277 [2JN]

Employment: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (H.R. 1409), H3111, H3112, H3113 [10MR], H3378 [12MR], H3737, H3738 [23MR], H3998 [25MR], H4054-H4060 [26MR], H4137, H4247 [31MR], H5771 [19MY], E620 [10MR]

FAA: overturn FAA-imposed wage and work rules contract for air traffic controllers and amend contract impasse procedures, H5915-H5918, H5922, H5926 [21MY]

Flint, MI: tribute to Citizens March to honor the anniversary of the birth of Cesar E. Chavez, E411 [25FE]

———UAW tribute to contributions of women in labor, civil rights, military, women's rights, and politics, E2213 [9SE]

Foreign trade: withdraw normal trade relations treatment from the products of foreign countries that do not maintain acceptable standards of religious freedom and worker rights (H.R. 3347), H8853 [27JY]

Human rights: express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (H. Res. 416), E1108 [7MY]

Jewish Labor Committee (organization): tribute to Western Region, E1292 [3JN]

Martire, Dennis L.: Laborers Local 332 Friends of Labor Committee Man of the Year award recipient, E2398 [29SE]

Michigan: anniversary of Monroe/Lenawee County AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, E288 [13FE]

Milwaukee, WI: anniversary of Milwaukee Area Labor Council, E804 [30MR]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts, E1094, E1095 [7MY]

National Labor History Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 205), E2632 [26OC]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB, H5771 [19MY]

———ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (H.R. 1176), H2864 [26FE], H2985 [5MR]

National Training Institute: anniversary, E2175 [31JY]

New York, NY: anniversary of United Healthcare Workers East Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union, E3035 [17DE]

Ohio: economic impact of ailing automobile industry, H6595 [11JN]

Phillips, James T.: Middlesex County, NJ, AFL-CIO Hubert H. Humphrey Friend of Labor Award recipient, E1268 [2JN]

Randolph, A. Philip: tribute (H. Res. 150), H14894-H14896 [15DE], E3026 [17DE]

San Diego, CA: tribute to International Longshoremen Worker's Union Local 29, E848 [1AP]

San Francisco, CA: anniversary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 6, E271 [13FE]

Schewe, Rick: Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council George R. Badgley Labor Man of the Year award recipient, E2371 [25SE]

Sgro, Dominic (Mickey): Blair/Bedford County, PA, Central Labor Council Person of the Year Labor Award recipient, E1948 [24JY]

Silva, Shannon: San Diego Imperial Counties Labor Council Labor Leader of the Year award recipient, E2238 [10SE]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, E994, E1002 [28AP]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 375), E997 [28AP]

Remarks in Senate

Aberdeen, SD: anniversary of the Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers of the South Dakota Administrative District Council Local 03, S9836 [24SE]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (S. 748), S4072 [31MR], S8715 [4AU]

Chrysler LLC: impact of bankruptcy filing and pending merger with Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., S5172 [6MY]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects, S773, S774 [22JA]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule relative to financial disclosure and transparency by labor union management (S.J. Res. 24), S13462 [18DE]

———prohibit use of Federal funds to withdraw a rule pertaining to labor unions filing of annual financial reports, S4620 [23AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize a grant program to provide for expanded access to mainstream financial institutions (S. 786), S4316 [2AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees (S. 362), S1127 [30JA]

Employment: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (S. 560), S2966 [10MR], S2995 [11MR], S3062 [12MR], S3635, S3651 [24MR]

———prohibit funding for implementation of Executive order relative to employee notice of rights under Federal labor laws, S2921, S2936, S2941 [10MR]

———protect the free choice of employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities, S761-S764 [22JA]

Labor Day: observance, S9124 [8SE]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (S. 478), S2501 [25FE], S2507 [26FE]

Postal Service: impact of declining revenues on labor contract negotiations, S9961 [30SE]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (S. 1611), S9012 [6AU]

Taxation: provide tax credit to employers headquartered in U.S., that pay fair wages, provide benefits, offset income for employees serving in Reserves, and respect the right to organize (S. 829), S4448 [20AP]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, S4567 [22AP], S4781 [28AP]

Reports filed

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 748), S8557 [30JY]

Request the President Furnish the House of Representatives With Information on Communications With Chrysler LLC Relative to Plant Closings: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 462) (H. Rept. 111-147), H6742 [12JN]

Statements

Employee Free Choice Act: Senator Specter, S3636 [24MR]

Testimonies

Employee Free Choice Act: Larry Getts, H3998 [25MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 150, tribute to A. Philip Randolph, H14894 [15DE]

S. 748, Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA, S8715 [4AU], H12400 [5NO]

S. 786, Improving Access to Mainstream Financial Institutions Act, S4317 [2AP]

S. 829, Patriot Employers Act, S4448 [20AP]

S. Res. 92, tribute to Cesar E. Chavez, S4085 [31MR]

S. Res. 266, tribute to John Sweeney, S9380 [15SE]

Tributes

Chavez, Cesar E., H4185 [31MR], E821 [31MR]