| Resolution Number: | 2003-C033 | |
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| Title: | Urge Legislation to Expand Temporary Workers' Programs | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the 74th General Convention urge that the Congress of the United States enact legislation to expand the temporary workers' programs to include all persons currently residing in the United States engaged in meaningful labor, as well as overseas workers offered employment in the United States through formal contractual arrangements in response to the labor needs of specific sectors of the economy; and be it further
Resolved, That such temporary workers receive such compensation and benefits for themselves and their dependents living with them that parallel those available to other legal residents such as the federally mandated minimum hourly wage, Social Security, driver's license, medical care and education; and be it further
Resolved, That based upon a specified period of residence in the United States, such workers have the option of adjusting to permanent resident status, which could lead to naturalization; and be it further
Resolved, That this resolution be sent to concerned members of Congress and state legislatures as an expression of The Episcopal Church.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, 2003 (New York: General Convention, 2004), p. 319. |
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