STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3716

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 114

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred S.R. No. 114 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO OPPOSE ANY PROPOSED FEDERAL RIGHT-TO-WORK LEGISLATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge Hawaii's congressional delegation to oppose any proposed federal right-to-work legislation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO; IMUAlliance; and O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that federal legislation has been introduced to enact a national right-to-work law that would amend the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 and Railway Labor Act of 1926 to bar the inclusion of union security clauses in collective bargaining agreements. Your Committee further finds that right-to-work legislation limits the ability of workers in private and public sectors to successfully advocate for fair wages, benefits, and working conditions, and undermines labor organizing efforts, which have advanced civil rights, women's rights, and economic justice. Therefore, this measure urges the Hawaii congressional delegation to oppose any proposed federal right-to-work legislation.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 114 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair