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Resolution No. 18

PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS ACT - ORGANIZING

WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act (PLRA) process of union certification is cumbersome and tilted against union organizing; and

The PLRA provides that unions can only have access to the list of potential voters in a union certification election until a few weeks before an election; and

The PLRA allows for employer obstruction through legal proceedings of a collective bargaining election; and

Prompt union elections are vital to allow workers real choice; and

The lengthy and litigious procedures of the PLRA deny workers a real chance to join a union; and

Canada allows for a majority “card check” recognition of the union; and under current Pennsylvania Law the obligation to bargain is only to act in “good faith;” and

Canada provides that the first contract be achieved through mandatory arbitration.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO support legislation to adopt the Canadian System including “card check” recognition and first contract mandatory arbitrations.

Submitted by:

                        PENNSYLVANIA AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Referred to:               Organization Committee

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