Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to full employment and…

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to full employment and balanced growth.

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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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 14, 2011

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: 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.

Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 14, 2011

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.