RESOLUTION OF THE MANASSAS & MANASSAS PARK CITIES DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE CALLING ALL TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS

WHEREAS the Manassas & Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee believes strongly in the dignity of all people–regardless of racial or ethnic heritage, national origin, immigration history, religious creed, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, income or wealth, or disability–and supports the rights and freedom of workers; and

WHEREAS in 2016 the Manassas & Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee adopted a resolution opposing the statewide ballot measure to enshrine Virginia’s anti-worker “right-to-work” laws in the Virginia Constitution and then prominently noted that opposition on our sample ballots for the November 8, 2016 election, thus helping to defeat that proposed constitutional amendment; now, therefore

BE IT RESOLVED that the Manassas & Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee calls upon all to respect the rights of all eligible workers to unionize and bargain for fair contracts; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Manassas & Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee fully supports the following statement, found in the beginning of the Democratic National Committee’s Party Platform:  “We will fight to pass laws that direct the National Labor Relations Board to certify a union if a simple majority of eligible workers sign valid authorization cards, as well as laws that bring companies to the negotiating table.  We support binding arbitration to help workers who have voted to join a union reach a first contract.”

Adopted overwhelmingly, with one vote in opposition, by the Manassas and Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee on August 15, 2018