Full Text of SR0435 96th General Assembly
SR0435 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, H.R. 915, also known as the "FAA Reauthorization | 3 |
| Act of 2009", is now pending before the U.S. Congress; Section | 4 |
| 806 of the Act includes the "Express carrier employee | 5 |
| protection" amendment, which provides equal application of | 6 |
| federal labor laws to employees who perform the same tasks and | 7 |
| job functions at different companies in the express carrier | 8 |
| industry; and
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| WHEREAS, The express carrier industry, which provides | 10 |
| transportation and delivery of goods, occupies a unique niche | 11 |
| in the economy because it utilizes various modes of | 12 |
| transportation, including aviation and surface transportation; | 13 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Due to how certain companies in the express | 15 |
| carrier industry began and are structured, employees | 16 |
| performing the same tasks in the industry are currently treated | 17 |
| differently in the application of federal labor laws; and
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| WHEREAS, In particular, while most employees of express | 19 |
| carrier companies are, as truck drivers and package handlers, | 20 |
| covered by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), other | 21 |
| express carrier employees who work for companies which also | 22 |
| have air transport components are subject to the Railway Labor |
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| Act (RLA), which covers the rail and air transport industries | 2 |
| and dictates procedures which tend to make it more difficult | 3 |
| for employees to obtain union recognition; and
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| WHEREAS, The current inconsistency in the application of | 5 |
| federal labor laws results in both arbitrarily unequal | 6 |
| treatment of workers, depending on their employer, and in an | 7 |
| unfair competitive advantage for certain businesses; and
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| WHEREAS, It is essential that workers performing the same | 9 |
| tasks in the workplace fall under the same labor laws, and that | 10 |
| the marketplace, not the unequal application of labor laws, | 11 |
| determine business success; and
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| WHEREAS, Section 806 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009 | 13 |
| attains the goal of equal treatment by applying, in the case of | 14 |
| companies which have employees both in ground and air | 15 |
| transportation, the provisions of the NLRA to the employees in | 16 |
| ground transportation and the RLA to employees in air | 17 |
| transportation; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 19 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the United | 20 |
| States Congress and the President to enact H.R. 915 into law | 21 |
| without changes to Section 806 of the bill, which provides | 22 |
| equal application of federal labor laws to employees who |
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| perform the same tasks and job functions at different companies | 2 |
| in the express carrier industry; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be given | 4 |
| to the President of the United States and to each member of the | 5 |
| Illinois congressional delegation.
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