Cord Byrd: “several of the unions are very supportive of the amendment I have just offered. Among these unions, it should be…”

“several of the unions are very supportive of the amendment I have just offered. Among these unions, it should be mentioned that the American Federation of Government Employees is very supportive; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; the American Federation of Teachers; the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists; the American Guild of Musical Artists; the American Federation of Musicians; the American Federation of School Administrators; the Communications Workers of America, including the Newspaper Guild, the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians, the International Union of Electrical Workers; the Federation of Professional Athletes; the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees; the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers; the Office and Professional Employees International Union; Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America; the Screen Actors Guild; the Seafarers International Union; the United Steelworkers; the Writers Guild of America, East. These unions are trying to protect the health benefits and the wages of working Americans, and they say that American workers are available to fill these jobs. The Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO, has a letter addressed to all Senators endorsing the amendment.…”