HOUSE MEMORIAL 6

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Daniel R. Foley

A MEMORIAL

REQUESTING THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM UNION VIOLENCE.

     WHEREAS, every American has the right to expect a workplace free of violence; and

     WHEREAS, some labor unions have resorted to violence, bribery and extortion in their workplace unionization campaigns; and

     WHEREAS, this violence has not confined itself to the workplace but has spilled over into other areas of American civic life, including political campaigns; and

     WHEREAS, the American people have a constitutional right to expect that their exercise of free speech be respected by their fellow citizens and protected by law; and

     WHEREAS, congress has, in the past, sought to restrict union violence via the Hobbs Act, which was thrown out by judicial activism;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state's congressional delegation be requested to vote to reauthorize the Hobbs Act to restrict union violence; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the members of the state's congressional delegation.

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