6500-90 Support SB 2112 National Labor Relations Act

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Deferred on 7/2/90. RESOLUTION NO. 6500-90 BY: Gallagher, Gazzana, George, Graham, Roth A RESOLUTION supporting Senate Bill 2112 which amends the National Labor Relations Act to prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes. WHEREAS, under the National Labor Relations Congress established that both employees and employers right to engage in economic self-help activities, and Act, had the WHEREAS, for employees, the cornerstone of this federally protected concerted action is the right to withhold services from an employer in order to further objectives in the collective bargaining process - in other words, the right to strike, and WHEREAS, for employers, the right to protect their business interests during a strike include a number of options such as, shutting down operations, using supervisory and management personnel or, sometimes, using temporary replacement employees, and WHEREAS, following action in 1981 by former President Reagan in the firing and replacement of 12,000 air traffic controllers, a precedent was set condoning the practice by employers of hiring permanent replacements during a strike, and WHEREAS, common sense dictates that if employees know there is a significant chance they will be permanently replaced while on strike the right to strike is undermined, and WHEREAS, Senate Bill 2112 restores the right to strike to its correct status as a legitimate economic weapon for workers, and WHEREAS, this bill still allows employers to continue to use legitimate economic weapons, but does not allow the practice of hiring permanent replacements or the application of discriminatory preferences in favor of workers who cross picket lines, and WHEREAS, the importance of protecting our city; now, therefore, City of Lakewood recognizes the the rights of working men and women in BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That this Council supports Senate Bill 2112 which amends the National Labor Relations Act to prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes and urges the United States Senate to adopt this legislation. Section 2. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to Senator Howard Metzenbaum, Senator John Glenn and the Secretary of the United States Senate. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolutio~ were adopted in an open meeting of this Council and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its