Full Text of HR0783 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, According to a recent case in front of the Equal | 3 | | Employment Opportunity Commission,
between 2012 and 2014 more | 4 | | than 1,500 female workers at Ford Motor Company production | 5 | | plants
across the nation were subject to sexual harassment and | 6 | | sexual abuse by both Ford management and
officials from the | 7 | | United Auto Workers Union; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers | 9 | | International Union (U.A.W.) have been
subjected to many | 10 | | previous investigations involving sexual harassment; the | 11 | | stubborn persistence of
harassment among women in the | 12 | | automotive industry is widespread and underreported; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant and the Chicago | 14 | | Stamping Plant have been particularly harsh
working | 15 | | environments, with numerous reports of women being subjected to | 16 | | harassment and physical
assault such as trading sexual favors | 17 | | for overtime pay and fellow employees describing graphic sexual
| 18 | | acts to their female co-workers; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, This disturbing behavior extends to the officials | 20 | | of the U.A.W., which employs multiple union
representatives who | 21 | | themselves have been accused of sexual harassment; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Multiple women at Ford's Chicago plants have come | 2 | | to their union representatives with
sexual harassment | 3 | | complaints, only to be rebuffed by union representatives | 4 | | claiming cases are not
sexual harassment because "he only did | 5 | | it one time" and "That's just him-he has no filter"; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Federal Labor Law states that a union may not "act | 7 | | arbitrarily, discriminatorily, or in fraud,
deceit, or | 8 | | dishonesty" or "discipline a member for refusing to engage in | 9 | | an unlawful activity or for
testifying against other members in | 10 | | a grievance meeting or an arbitration proceeding"; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The U.A.W. has also been accused of gross | 12 | | financial corruption among upper level officials,
including | 13 | | accepting money from auto companies in order to take | 14 | | company-friendly positions; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The U.A.W. exists to serve its members, but it is | 16 | | clear that they are actively playing a part in
cultivating a | 17 | | culture of harassment at Ford; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 19 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 | | urge the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois
| 21 | | Department of Human Rights, and the U.S. Department of Labor to | 22 | | investigate the culture of harassment
within the U.A.W. and |
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| 1 | | provide increased support for the brave women who have detailed | 2 | | their
experiences within the Ford Motor Company; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 5 | | delivered to the Acting Chair and the
Commissioners of the | 6 | | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Secretary of the | 7 | | U.S. Department
of Labor, the Director of the Illinois | 8 | | Department of Human Rights, the President and Board of the | 9 | | United
Auto Workers International, and the Board of Directors | 10 | | at Ford Motor Company.
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