To amend the National Labor Relations Act and Railway Labor Act to prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes : hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives,

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by  United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation

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H.R. 5
TO AMEND THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT AND RAILWAY
LABOR ACT TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON PARTICIPATION
IN LABOR DISPUTES
MAY 5, 1993
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ONE HXWDRED THIRD CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
ON
H.R. 5
TO AMEND THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT AND RAILWAY
LABOR ACT TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON PARTICIPATION
IN LABOR DISPUTES
MAY 5, 1993
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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION
NORMAN Y. MINETA, California, Chair
JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia WILLIAM F. CLINGER, Jr., Pennsylvania
DOUGLAS APPLEGATE, Ohio THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin
RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands SHERWOOD BOEHLERT, New York
ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma
TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina BILL EMERSON, Missouri
WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
ROBERT E. WISE, Jr., West Virginia SUSAN MOLINARI, NewYork
JAMES A. TRAFICANT, Jr., Ohio WILLIAM H. ZELIFF, JR., New Hampshire
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois
JIMMY HAYES, Louisiana WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee JENNIFER B. DUNN, Washii^on
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois TIM HUTCHINSON, Arkansas
MIKE PARKER, Mississippi WILLIAM P. BAKER, California
GREG LAUGHLIN, Texas MICHAEL A. "MAC COLLINS, Georgia
PETE GEREN, Texas JAY KIM, CaUfomia
GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, Illinois DAVID A. LEVY, NewYork
GLENN POSHARD, Illinois STEPHEN HORN, California
DICK SWETT, New Hampshire BOB FRANKS, New Jersey
BUD CRAMER, Alabama PETER I. BLUTE, Massachusetts
BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan HOWARD P. "BUCK" McKEON, California
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of JOHN L. MICA, Florida
Columbia PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan
LUCIEN E. BLACKWELL, Pennsylvania JACK QUINN, New York
JERROLD NADLER, New York
SAM COPPERSMITH, Arizona
LESLIE L. BYRNE, Virginia
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington
PAT (PATSY ANN) DANNER, Missouri
KAREN SHEPHERD, Utah
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey
JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina
CORRINE BROWN, Florida
NATHAN DEAL, Georgia
JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan
DAN HAMBURG, California
BOB FILNER, California
WALTER R. TUCKER, California
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
Subcommittee on Aviation
JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota, Chair
RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands, WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR., Pennsylvania
SHERWOOD BOEHLERT, NewYork
Vice Chair
WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma
PETE GEREN, Texas JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, lUinois THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois
BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
SAM COPPERSMITH, Arizona JENNIFER B. DUNN, Washington
ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania MICHAEL A. "MAC COLLINS, Georgia
TIM VALENTINE, North CaroUna JAY KIM, California
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon DAVID A. LEVY, NewYork
JIMMY HAYES, Louisiana STEPHEN HORN, California
BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee HOWARD P. "BUCK" McKEON, California
JERRY COSTELLO, lUinois JOHN L. MICA, Florida
MIKE PARKER, Mississippi BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
GREG LAUGHLIN, Texas (Ex Officio)
DICK SWETT, New Hampshire
BUD CRAMER, Alabama
LUCIEN BLACKWELL, Pennsylvania
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington
PAT (PATSY ANN) DANNER, Missouri
KAREN SHEPHERD, Utah
CORRINE BROWN, Florida
NORMAN Y. MINETA, CaUfomia
(Ex Officio)
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CONTENTS
Page
Summary ofSubject Matter V
vn
H.R. 5 (Text)
Testimony
Babbitt, Capt. J. Randolph, president. AirLine PilotsAssociation 28
Jolley, William A., Jolley, Walsh & Hager, P.C, on behalfofthe Independent
Federation ofFlightAttendants 28
Landry, James E., president, Air Transport Association of America, accom-
panied by Robert J. DeLucia, vice president and general counsel. Airline
Industrial Relations Conference "••"• 64
Leitz, George, president. TransportWorkers Union ofAmerica, AFL-CIO 28
Maki, Dee, national president. Association ofFlightAttendants, AFL-CIO ..... 28
Scheri, William L., airline coordinator. International Association of Machin-
ists and Aerospace Workers, on behalf of George Koupias, international
president. InternationalAssociation ofMachinists and AerospaceWorkers .. 28
Yager, Daniel V., attorney, McGuinness & WiUiams, on behalfofthe Employ-
mentPolicy Foundation "^3
Prepared STATEMEhrrs Submitted by Members of Congress
Blackwell, Hon. Lucien E., ofPennsylvania 6
Costello, Hon. Jerry F., ofIllinois 21
Ewing, Hon. Thomas, ofIllinois 23
McKeon, Hon. Howard P. "Buck,"ofCalifornia 24
Shepherd, Hon. Karen, ofUtah 27
Prepared Statements Submitted by Witnesses
Babbitt, Capt. J. Randolph 87
Jolley, WilliamA 93
Landry, James E 10°
Leitz, James |^2
Maki, Dee 145
Scheri, William L. (Koupias) 152
Yager, DanielV 158
Submissions for the Record
Babbitt, Capt. J. Randolph, president, Air Line Pilots Association, letter
supplementing testimony 212
Reich, Hon. RobertB., SecretaryofLabor, letter 80
Additions to the Record
Barber, Francis M., Conser, Robert W., Vaughan, Michael J., and Davidson,
Donald C, former pilots of Eastern Airlines and former members of the
AirLines PilotsAssociation,joint statement 181
Midwest MotorExpress, Inc., statement 189
National Federation ofIndependent Business, John J. Motley III, vice presi-
dent, Federal GovernmentRelations, statement 202
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MEMQEADUM
TO: MembersoftheSubcommitteeonAviation
FROM: Conmiittee'sAviationStaff
DATE: AprU29,1993
RE: SUMMARYOFSUBJECTMATTERforAviationSubcommittee
hearingonRR.5.May5,9:30a.m..
AtthishearingtheSubcommitteewillreceivetestimonyonH.R.5,abillwhich
wouldamendtheNationalLaborRelationsActandtheRailwayLaborActtoprohibit
employersfrompermanentlyreplacingstrikingemployeeswhoarewillingtoreturnto
workafterastrike. H.R5has186cosponsors. Thebillhasbeenreferredjointlytothe
CommitteeonEducationandLatwr(whichhasjurisdictionovertheNationalLabor
RelationsActgoverningemployeesinmostindustries), theCommitteeonEnergyand
Commerce(whichhasjurisdictionovertheRailwayLaborActprovisionsgoverningrailroad
employees),andtheCommitteeonPublicWorksandTransportation(whichhasjurisdiction
overRailwayLaborActprovisionsgoverningairlineemployees).
TheCommitteeonPublicWorksandTransportationconsideredsimilarlegislationin
the102ndCongress. In1991.thebillwasreportedtotheHousebyallthreecommitteesof
jurisdictionandthenpassed,byavoteof247to182. Howeverin1992,acompanionbill
failedintheSenatewhenamotiontoinvokeclotureandenddebatefailedtoobtainthe
necessary60votes(thelastvoteoncloturewas57to42).
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Inthe103rdCongress, H.R. 5issupportedbytheClintonAdministration, whilein
the102ndCongressthebillwasopposedby the BushAdministration. Thusfarinthe103rd
CongresstheonlyactiontakenhasbeenahearingbytheSubcommitteeon
Labor-Management RelationsoftheCommitteeonEducationand Labor. TheCommittee
onEducationand Laborhastentativelyscheduledamark-upfor May5.
For theSubcommittee'sbackgroundontheargumentsforand againstH.R. 5, we
haveattached tothissummaryexcerptsfrom theCommittee's report in the102ndCongress.
Thefactualdatainthereporton permanent replacements isstillcorrect; since 1991. there
hasnotbeenanystrikesatmajor airlinesinwhichpermanent replacementswerehired.
Themainargumentsagainst the legislationarefound in theattachedminorityviews
submittedby12Republicanmembersof theCommittee.
Thewitnesslistisstillbeingarranged. Theexpectedwitnesseswillincludea
spokesmenfortheAdministration, the Air Transport Association, agroupofairUne unions,
and theEmploymentPolicyFoundation.
103d congress H.R.5
1st Session
To amend the National LaborRelationsAct and the RailwayLaborAct
topreventdiscrimination based on participation in labordisputes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 5, 1993
Mr. Clay introduced the followingbill; whichwas referred to the Committee
on Education and Labor
February24, 1993
Rereferredjointlyto the Committees on Education and Labor, Energyand
Commerce, and PublicWorks and Transportation
A
BILL
To amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway
Labor Act to prevent discrimination based on participa-
tion in labor disputes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRepresenta-
2 fives ofthe United States ofAmerica in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION DURING
4 AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF LABOR DIS-
5 PUTES.
6 Section 8(a) of the National Labor Relations Act (29
7 U.S.C. 158(a)) is amended—
(VII)
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1 (1) by striking the period at the end of para-
2 graph (5) and inserting "; or", and
3 (2) by adding at the end thereof the following
4 new paragraph:
5 "(6) to promise, to threaten, or to take other
6 action
7 "(i) to hire a permanent replacement for
8 an employee who
9 "(A) at the commencement of a labor
10 dispute was an employee of the employer
11 in a bargaining unit in which a labor
12 organization
13 "(I) was the certified or recog-
14 nized exclusive representative, or
15 "(II) at least 30 days prior to the
16 commencement of the dispute had
17 filed a petition pursuant to section
18 9(c)(1) on the basis ofwritten author-
19 izations by a majority of the unit em-
20 ployees, and the Board has not com-
21 pleted the representation proceeding;
22 and
23 "(B) in connection with that dispute
24 has engaged in concerted activities for the
25 purpose of collective bargaining or other