The Re-Empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradeworkers (RESPECT) Act (H.R. 1644) On March 22, 2007 Representatives Robert Andrews (D-NJ) and Don Young (R-AK) introduced H.R. 1644 to protect nurses and other workers impacted by the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) decisions last fall in cases collectively known as Kentucky River. This legislation would ensure that skilled and experienced workers in a wide range of industries who sometimes instruct co-workers do not lose their collective bargaining rights. ANA Position: SUPPORT! Co-Sponsors of the RESPECT Act:
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) Thomas Allen (D-ME) Jason Altmire (D-PA) Robert Andrews (D-NJ) Michael Arcuri (D-NY) Joe Baca (D-CA) Brian Baird (D-WA) Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) John Barrow (D-GA) Xavier Becerra (D-CA) Shelley Howard Berman (D-CA) Timothy Bishop (D-NY) Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) Leonard Boswell (D-IA) Rick Boucher (D-VA) Robert Brady (D-PA) Bruce Braley (D-IA) Corrine Brown (D-FL) Lois Capps (D-CA) Michael Capuano (D-MA) Russ Carnahan (D-MO) Julia Carson (D-IN) Ben Yvette Clarke (D-NY) Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) Steve Cohen (D-TN) John Conyers (D-MI) Jerry Costello (D-IL) Joe Courtney (D-CT) Elijah Cummings (D-MD) Artur Davis (D-AL) Danny Davis (D-IL) Davis (D-TN) Susan Davis (D-CA) Peter DeFazio (D-OR) Diana DeGette (D-CO) William Delahunt (D-MA) DeLauro (D-CT) Dicks (D-WA) John Dingell (D-MI) Michael Doyle (D-PA) Keith Ellison (D-MN) Eliot Engel (D-NY) Phil English (R-PA) Anna Eshoo (D-CA) Sam Farr (D-CA) Chaka Fattah (D-PA) Bob Filner (D-CA) Barney Frank (D-MA) Charles Gonzalez (D-TX) Bart Gordon (D-TN) Al Green (D-TX) Gene Green (D-TX) Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) John Hall (D-NY) Phil Hare (D-IL) Jane Harman (D-CA) Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) Brian Higgins (D-NY) Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX) Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Paul Hodes (D-NH) Tim Holden (D-PA) Rush Holt (D-NJ) Michael Honda (D-CA) Darlene Hooley (D-OR) Jay Inslee (D-WA) Steve William Jefferson (D-LA) Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Henry C “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-GA) Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) Dale Kildee (D-MI) Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI) Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) James Langevin (D-RI) Tom Lantos (D-CA) Rick Larsen (D-WA) John Larson (D-CT) Barbara Lee (D-CA) Sander |