RESOLUTION NO.

SUBJECT:       EIGHT-HOUR DAY/FORTY-HOUR WEEK/VOLUNTARY OVERTIME

REFERRED TO:

SUBMITTED BY:    INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS

SlOUXLAND LODGE NO. 1426 - SIOUX CITY , IOWA

WHEREAS:   The accepted work day is eight (8) hours and the accepted work week is forty (40) hours as a result of hard-fought battles, dating back to the mid-1880s, by the Labor movement of this country,

; and

WHEREAS:    The Labor movement has had a monumental impact on the quality of life of all Americans by reducing the incidence of fatigue-related injuries and deaths through its efforts to establish accepted standard work days and work weeks,

; and

WHEREAS:    Overtime work should be compensated at a rate of at least one-and-one-half times the hourly wage for hours worked in excess of eight (8) hours in one day or forty (40) hours worked in one week, and at a rate of at least two times the hourly wage for work performed on Sundays and holidays,

; and

WHEREAS:    While some employees depend on income from overtime work to support their families, overtime should not be mandated by the employer, but rather it should be the employee's choice without fear of reprisal from the employer,

; and

WHEREAS:    There exists a continuing assault on the eight (8) hour day and the forty (40) hour week with regards to overtime pay by federal and state legislation without any consideration for the health, safety and economic burdens placed on the employee,

; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT

RESOLVED:   That the Forty-Seventh Convention of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO goes on record, to support the eight (8) hour day, the forty (40) hour week and voluntary overtime,

; and, BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED:    That the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO urge all Central Labor Councils and
Local Unions to oppose mandatory overtime and to speak out for, and negotiated into their Collective
Bargaining Agreements language favorable to voluntary overtime,

; and, BE IT FINALLY

RESOLVED:     That the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, all Central Labor Councils and
Local Unions contact their State and U.S. Congressmen and Senators urging them to oppose any and
all legislation that would encourage or impose mandatory overtime, without regard to worker choice,
health & safety and economic compensation, in favor of corporate greed.

President Milt Jenkins        

Secretary Larry Dicks