Mike Levin: “the American tradition has been to organize all kinds of groups everywhere in this country. The National Labor Relations…”

“the American tradition has been to organize all kinds of groups everywhere in this country. The National Labor Relations Act was intended to encourage people to organize on the job. This is a bill to discourage people from organizing. What it says is that an employer can discriminate if the primary purpose of a person was furthering other employment or agency status. 50 percent of their intent is not to work for the employer. In that case, there is no protection. Who is going to interpret this, and under what circumstances? If someone is fired, it is up to the NLRB to present a prima facie case showing that the employee applicant on whose behalf the charge of discrimination has been filed is not a person who has sought employment with such a primary purpose. This is going to discourage organization. That is its purpose. There is reference in the report of the majority to paid union organizers. This applies to anybody, anybody at all, anybody who is seeking employment.”