Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to full employment and balanced growth.
Latest action · Feb 28, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that every person has the right to: (1) work; (2) free choice of employment; (3) just and favorable conditions of work; (4) protection against unemployment; and (5) equal pay for equal work, without any discrimination.
Provides that all persons who work have the right to: (1) just and favorable remuneration ensuring for themselves and their family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection; and (2) form and join trade unions for the protection of their interests.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 21, 2011 to Nov 17, 2011.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jul 21, 2011 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 21, 2011 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jul 29, 2011 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Nov 17, 2011 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2011 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Feb 28, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
- Feb 14, 2011Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2011Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H776.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to full employment and balanced growth.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
