HJRES 35
108th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Collective bargaining
Constitutional amendments
Discrimination in employment
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Families
Full employment policies
Health
Labor unions
Law
Occupational health and safety
Pay equity
Public assistance programs
Social Welfare
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance
Wages
Women
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to full employment and balanced growth.
Introduced: March 4, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 5, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Mar 4, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 4, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that every citizen has the right to: (1) work; (2) free choice of employment; (3) just and favorable conditions of work; (4) protection against unemployment; and (5) equal pay for equal work, without any discrimination.
Provides that all citizens who work have the right to: (1) just and favorable remuneration ensuring for themselves and their family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection; and (2) form and join trade unions for the protection of their interests.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1