IV
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 444
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion Service should exert its best efforts to cause the Major League
Baseball Players Association and the National Association of Professional
Baseball Leagues to enter into a contract to continue to play professional
baseball games without engaging in a strike, a lockout, or any coercive
conduct that interferes with the playing of scheduled professional baseball
games.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 2002
Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. TANNER, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr.
PLATTS, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. ISTOOK, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr.
EHLERS, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr.
GUTKNECHT, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr.
WELLER, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr.
BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. HAYES,
Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, and Mr. MCKEON) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Medi-
ation and Conciliation Service should exert its best ef-
forts to cause the Major League Baseball Players Asso-
ciation and the National Association of Professional
Baseball Leagues to enter into a contract to continue
to play professional baseball games without engaging in
a strike, a lockout, or any coercive conduct that inter-
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feres with the playing of scheduled professional baseball
games.
Whereas the Major League Baseball Players Association is
the collective bargaining representative for all current
major league baseball players in the American and Na-
tional Leagues;
Whereas the National Association of Professional Baseball
Leagues is the collective bargaining representative for the
30 separate teams and owners;
Whereas major league baseball is a national institution, and
is commonly referred to as ‘‘the national pastime’’;
Whereas major league baseball and its players played a crit-
ical role in restoring America’s spirit following the tragic
events of September 11, 2001;
Whereas major league baseball players are role models to mil-
lions of young Americans; and
Whereas while the financial issues involved in this current
labor negotiation are significant, they pale in comparison
to the damage that will be caused by a strike or work
stoppage: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, on its own
motion and in accordance with section 203(b) of the Labor
Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 173(b)),
should immediately—
(1) proffer its services to the Major League
Baseball Players Association and the owners of the
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teams of organized professional major league base-
ball that are members of the National Association of
Professional Baseball Leagues, to resolve labor con-
tract disputes relating to entering into a collective
bargaining agreement; and
(2) use its best efforts to bring the parties to
agree to such contract without engaging in a strike,
a lockout, or any other coercion that interferes with
the playing of scheduled professional baseball games.
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