biographical statement
In 2011, the Labor and Industry Committee replaced the Labor Relations Committee. From 1973-78, the Labor Relations Committee was composed of 23 members, 14 from the majority and 9 from the minority. From 1979-95, there were 24 members, composed of 14 majority and 10 minority members. From 1995-2010, the committee was composed of 26 members, 15 from the majority and 11 from the minority. The Labor Relations Committee regularly focused on the following issues: increasing the minimum wage, migrant farm-workers, family and medical leave, the North American Free Trade Agreement, drug testing, worker disability, right to know laws, providing guidelines for workers compensation, part-time workers, and child labor laws. Due to the ever-changing Pennsylvania workforce, the committee needed to revisit these issues annually. This frequent activity can be seen in such actions as the yearly amendments that were made for such issues as adjusting minimum wage and refining child labor laws. In addition, the committee usually took two fact-finding tours each session, normally in the summer months.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Identifier: ST2011_16
Scope and Contents
The 2011-2012 Labor and Industry Committee was chaired by Ronald E. Miller (Majority) and William F. Keller (D). John C. Bear (Majority) and Marc J. Gergely (D) served as Vice Chairs. For the part of the session, Scott Perry (Majority) served as Secretary, until Perry went on military leave and Bear took over his responsibilities until he returned. Neal P. Goodman (D) also served as secretary.
Some of the topics discussed during the 2011-2012 session were minimum wage, unemployment...
Dates:
2011-2012; Other: Date acquired: 06/11/2014
Collection
Identifier: ST2013_16
Scope and Contents
The records of the Labor and Industry Committee from the 2013-2014 session, the Republicans in majority. The chairs were Mario Scavello (majority) and William Keller. Vice chairs were Ryan Mackenzie (majority) and Marc Gergely. The secretaries were Stephen Bloom (majority) and Pam Snyder.
The Committee covered many bills during the session. Some major topics included increasing minimum wage across the Commonwealth, revising, updating, and modernizing the Unemployment Compensation Code,...
Dates:
2013 - 2014; Acquisition: Date acquired: October 27, 2014
Collection
Identifier: ST2015_16
Scope and Contents
The records of the Labor and Industry Committee from the 2015-2016 session, the Republicans in majority. The chairs were Mauree A. Gingrich (majority) and Marc J. Gergely. Vice chairs were Ryan E. Mackenzie (majority) and John T. Galloway. The secretaries were Stephen Bloom (majority) and Patrick J. Harkins. The Committee covered many bills during the session. Some major topics included the Pennsylvania Construction Code, pregnancy and nursing in the workplace, the Pennsylvania Worker's...
Dates:
2015-2016; Acquisition: Date acquired: 11/14/2016
Collection
Identifier: ST2017_16
Scope and Contents
The records of the Labor and Industry Committee from the 2017-2018 session, the Republicans in majority. The chairs were Rob Kauffman (majority) and John Galloway (minority). Vice chair was Ryan E. Mackenzie (majority). The secretaries were Jesse Topper (majority) and Leanne Krueger-Braneky (minority). The Committee covered many bills during the session. Some major topics included House Bill 18 which provides for a drug formulary for Worker’s Compensation, workplace harassment and sexual...
Dates:
2017-2018; Acquisition: 28/12/2018
Collection
Identifier: 2020.043
Scope and Contents
The records of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Labor and Industry Committe, the Republicans were in the majority and the Democrats were in the minority. The Chairs of the Committee were Jim Cox (R) and Patrick Harkins (D). This committee focused much its efforts on unemployment compensation, raising the minimum wage, and Pennsylvania Workforce. Much of 2020 focused on Covid-19 relief effots and the unemployment compensation.
Dates:
2019 - 2020; Acquisition: 2020-12-9
Collection
Identifier: 2022.073
Scope and Contents
The records of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives' Labor and Industry Committee, the Republicans were in the majority, the Democrats in the minority. The Chairs of the Committee were Jim Cox (majority) and Gerald J. Mullery (minority). This Committee met to discuss issues relating to unemployment compensation, workers' compensation, and the Uniform Construction Code.
Dates:
2021 - 2022; Acquisition: 2022-11-21
