HJRES 35
112th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
Wages and earnings
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to full employment and balanced growth.
Introduced: February 14, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Feb 14, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 14, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that every person 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 persons 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
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