BILL REQ. #:  S-0434.1 

Read first time 01/24/2005.   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.

     TO THE HONORABLE GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:
     We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as follows:
     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 only confined itself to the workplace, but has spilled over into other areas of American civic life (including political campaigns); and
     WHEREAS, The people have a constitutional right to expect their free speech exercises to 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, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that the Congressmen and Senators from our state vote to reauthorize the Hobbs Act to restrict union violence.
     BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately transmitted to the Honorable George W. Bush, President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and each member of Congress from the State of Washington.