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interstate commerce to organize and bargain collectively.
Today these rights are basic to our country,
to our state, and to our economic system. I support the
amendment because these rights should have Constitutional
recognition, and even more important, the right to
organize and bargain collectively ought now be extended to
those workers not covered by the National Labor Relations
Act.
I refer specially to migrant workers, waiters,
waitresses, laundry workers, and retail clerks, all of
whom receive low wages and need the most protection.
There are more than half a million workers in
private industry in Maryland not covered by Federal law.
i 2n addition, there are more than 100,000 public employees
' in this state not now protected.
This amendment would provide the basic coverage
all American citizens who work for a living are entitled
to. The people I represent in Baltimore know what hard
I work means. They want this amendment passed. For all the
working men and women in the state, I urge you to vote for
this amendment.