Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, we have four bills here that are included in one termed the Fairness for Small Business Act. From my viewpoint, and I think when we have the debate here we will find that we have relatively benign and very reasonable suggestions for improvement that will be good for employers, be good for employees, be good for labor organizations also. Truth in employment is not something that is bad, and in this bill it deals with salters, and we do have a problem. Not all unions are involved in salting tactics, but what we simply say, and we do not repeal the Supreme Court decision in Town and Country whatsoever. We simply say that if there is a bona fide applicant that is applying, then the full accord of the Town and Country Supreme Court decision takes effect. That applicant is deemed to be an employee. In no way can the nonunion shop discriminate in any way against that applicant because the applicant may be a member of a union or even a paid employee of the union.”