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WHEREAS: When the right of workers to form. a union is violated, wages fall; race and gender pay gaps widen, workplace discrimination increases and job safety standards disappear; and WHEREAS: A worker's fundamental right to choose a union free from coercion and intimidation is a public issue that requires public policy solutions, including legislative remedies; and WHEREAS: The Employee Free Choice Act has been introduced in the U.S. Congress in order to restore workers' freedom to join a union; WHEREAS: The Employee Free Choice Act will safeguard workers' ability to make their own decisions with these abuses, provide for first contract mediation and arbitration, and establish meaningful penalties when employers violate workers' rights. WHEREAS: The City of York supports the Employee Free Choice Act which would authorize the National Labor Relations Board to certify a union as the bargaining representative when a majority of employees voluntarily sign authorizations designating that union to represent them; provide for first contract mediation and arbitration; and establish meaningful penalties for violations of a worker's freedom to choose a union. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT, I, JOHN S. BRENNER, MAYOR of The City of York urge Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act to protect and preserve for America's workers their freedom to choose for themselves whether or not to form a union.
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Given under my hand and the seal of the City of York this thirteenth day of December in the year of our Lord two thousand and seven |
