Both of these bills are bad legislation (as is most legislation)!!!
When the senate reconvenes at 1 pm on Monday the first order of business will be to vote for cloture on HR 800... an amendment to the National Labor Relations Act. The purpose behind this amendment is to make union organizing easier, make it easier for labor unions to accuse an employer of using unfair labor tactics and to provide for emergency injunctions against employers accused of unfair labor practices.
It also includes a provision for "open voting" when organizing unions at workplaces. This means employees' votes are cast in the open, running against the American doctrine of closed ballots to protect people from reprisals. Employees who vote to organize unions are protected under existing federal law, but reprisals from co-workers for failing to vote for unions are not.
Everyone knows this so when unions hold open voting the union wins about 80% of the time.
This is designer legislation determined to give the faltering labor unions a last gasp as working.
Currently labor unions represent just over 12,000,000 employees, most of them government employees. They need to expand their base since most union jobs have vanished. Of course there is no coincidence that union jobs disappear, the modern labor union chokes the life out of business. Again, going against American tradition, it rewards longevity instead of initiative.
Just as businesses should not be over-regulated and we should have a free and open economy, labor unions do not need any assistance getting members. We have empirical data that labor unions choke the life out of American industry. If labor wants to organize they will, but forcing an open vote where employees will be under pressure to vote for the union is intimidation. That the government would allow the practice is shocking, that they would legislate top make it legal is stupefying.
Write to your Senators this weekend to vote for no cloture on HR 800... we want open debate on the measure, not back room designer legislation politics.
(To make matters worse the Senate voted Friday to waive the mandatory quorum rules for this measure.)
And right after HR 800 the senate moves for a cloture vote S 1639... the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act. Remind your senators this weekend to vote no cloture for that as well.
The debate is not over, the American people have spoken against it, make the Senate do their duty as the representatives of the people.
FIND YOUR SENATORS HERE
Call, fax, or email... do something to stop it so you won't have to complain about it later!!!
ADDED: correction, after rereading the daily record the cloture votes are tentatively scheduled for Tuesday am. But they voted to hold the HR 800 cloture vote without a quorum, clearing it for Monday which means S1639 could possibly be heard on Monday. It doesn't matter if it is Monday or Tuesday... call, fax, or email your Senators before it is too late.
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