Lateefah Simon: “I rise in support of the Dorgan amendment. I think it makes sense. It provides balance. It makes it clear that if the…”

“I rise in support of the Dorgan amendment. I think it makes sense. It provides balance. It makes it clear that if the Kempthorne Industries, for example, decide they want to have a committee to look at the question of plant safety or plan a picnic for the staff, or anything else, they can do that. But the Dorgan amendment also says if you are going to get into a question of wages and hours, and the traditional benefits, the traditional labor-management things, that should be left up to the conventional process. You should not have employers appointing a committee of employees. The employees, when you get into labor-management issues like wages and hours and so forth, should be left to a committee picked by the employees. I think that makes sense. I think it contains balance. I add that I think balance is the one word we need in labor-management relations in this country today.”