Bill Text: VA SJR25 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Constitutional amendment; right to work (first reference).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-17 - Senate: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) [SJR25 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-SJR25-Prefiled.html

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 25 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 9, 2012 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article I a section numbered 11-A, relating to the right to work. ---------- Patron-- McDougle ---------- Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections ----------

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:

Amend the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article I a section numbered 11-A as follows:

ARTICLE I BILL OF RIGHTS

Section 11-A. Right to work.

That any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby nonmembers of the union or organization are denied the right to work for the employer, or whereby such membership is made a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such employer, or whereby any such union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any enterprise, is against public policy and an illegal combination or conspiracy.