Trent Lott: “I call it freedom in the workplace, not the TEAM Act, because most folks do not realize what that is. We would like for…”

“I call it freedom in the workplace, not the TEAM Act, because most folks do not realize what that is. We would like for employees and employers to be able to work together, to have teams in the workplace in order to promote safety and greater productivity. There are all kinds of benefits that will come from that. Why, then, are we pushing this? Because the point has been made that, well, this is already occurring. Some 30,000 companies, maybe, have some sort of team arrangements. There is a good reason for it. The National Labor Relations Board, in some of its rulings, and the courts, have been putting a chill on these relationships. They are beginning to stop them. There was one court decision that said when an employee notified the employer that there was a problem with one of the electrical devices, that was ruled to be improper under the current laws. So there needs to be some clarification of this.”