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Version 18 · Reported to House amended, Part I · May 27, 1993
Cesar Chavez Workplace Fairness Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to prohibit permanent replacement of strikers. Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for an employer to promise, threaten, or take other action to hire a permanent replacement for an employee who: (1) at the beginning of a labor dispute was in a bargaining unit in which a labor organization either was the certified or recognized exclusive representative or had filed, at least 30 days before such dispute began, a petition for a representational election on the basis of written authorizations by a majority of unit employees and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has not completed the representation proceeding; and (2) in connection with that dispute has engaged in concerted activities for collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection through that labor organization. Makes it an unfair labor practice for an employer to withhold or deny any other employment right or privilege to such an employee as described above who is working for or has unconditionally offered to return to work for the employer, out of preference for any other individual based on that individual's performing, having performed, or having indicated a willingness to perform bargaining unit work for the employer during the dispute. Amends the Railway Labor Act to prohibit any carrier or its officer or agent from offering or granting: (1) permanent replacement employee status in a craft or class during a labor dispute; or (2) any employment preference to an individual who worked or indicated a willingness to work in a craft or class during a labor dispute over an employee who exercised specified rights during such dispute and who is working for, or has unconditionally offered to return to work for, the carrier.
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Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1] · D–MO
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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 97.
Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 239 - 190 (Roll No. 224).
House roll call 224 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 239 - 190 (Roll No. 224).
House roll call 224 · Individual votesOn motion to recommit Failed by voice vote.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Mr. Goodling moved to recommit to Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce and Public Works and Transportation.
The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 195, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Ridge amendment in the nature of a substitute.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Edwards of Texas amendment.
GENERAL DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.R. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with two hours of general debate.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Sander M. Levin to act as Chairman of the Committee.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 195 and Rule XXIII.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5 with 2 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Upon adoption of this resolution the Speaker may declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole for consideration of the bill. Sixty minutes of the two hours of general debate shall be controlled by the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Labor, thirty minutes controlled by the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and thirty minutes controlled by the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Public Works and Transportaiton. Specified amendments are in order. The amendments recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. No other amendents shall
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 195. (consideration: CR H3527-3568)
Rule H. Res. 195 passed House.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 195 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5 with 2 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Upon adoption of this resolution the Speaker may decalre the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole for consideration of the bill. Sixty minutes of the two hours of general debate shall be controlled by the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Labor, thirty minutes controlled by the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and thirty minutes controlled by the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Public Works and Transportaiton. Specified amendments are in order. The amendments recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. No other amendents shall be i...
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 61.
Reported by the Committee on Public Works + Transportation. H. Rept. 103-116, Part III.
Reported by the Committee on Public Works + Transportation. H. Rept. 103-116, Part III.
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 103-116, Part II.
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 103-116, Part II.
Subcommittee on Aviation Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 103-116, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 103-116, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials Discharged.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations Held Hearings.
Favorable Executive Comment Received from Labor.
Executive Comment Requested from Labor.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Rereferred jointly to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
Rereferred jointly to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Rereferred jointly to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
REREFERRAL OF H.R. 5 - Mr. Ford of Michigan asked unanimous consent that the bill H.R. 5 be rereferred jointly to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Public Works and Transportation. Agreed to without objection.
Referred to Labor-Management Relations Prior to Rereferral to Full Committee (Jan 28, 93).
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (Referral Suspended).
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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