PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 1610
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1050
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY EVERETT, METCALFE, RAPP, F. KELLER, BLOOM,
KNOWLES, KAUFFMAN, WARD, MACKENZIE, HICKERNELL, SCHEMEL,
McGINNIS, SAYLOR, PICKETT, IRVIN, GROVE, MENTZER, B. MILLER,
LAWRENCE, ZIMMERMAN AND KEEFER, MAY 1, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 1, 2017
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in declaration of rights, providing for a
citizen's right to work.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That Article I be amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 29. Right to work.
(a) It shall be the public policy of Pennsylvania that the
right of a person to work may not be denied or abridged on
account of membership or nonmembership in a labor union or labor
organization.
(b) The following shall be declared to be against public
policy and an illegal combination or conspiracy:
(1) An agreement or combination between an employer and
a labor union or labor organization that prohibits a person
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who is not a member of the union or organization from
employment with the employer.
(2) If membership in a labor union or labor organization
is a condition of employment or continuation of employment
with the employer.
(3) If a labor union or labor organization acquires an
employment monopoly in any enterprise.
(c) No person shall be required by an employer to become or
remain a member of any labor union or labor organization as a
condition of employment or continuation of employment.
(d) A person may not be required by an employer to abstain
or refrain from membership in any labor union or labor
organization as a condition of employment or continuation of
employment.
(e) An employer may not require a person, as a condition of
employment or continuation of employment, to pay dues, fees or
other charges of any kind to a labor union or labor
organization.
(f) This amendment shall not apply to a lawful contract in
force on the date of the ratification of this amendment but it
shall apply in all respects to contracts entered into or renewed
after the date of the ratification of this amendment.
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
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(b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
primary, general or municipal election which meets the
requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least
three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is
passed by the General Assembly.
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