On the recordMarch 9, 1995
I offered an amendment that would prevent the President's Executive order on striker replacements from taking effect. I offered the amendment because I am deeply troubled by the precedents that will be set by this Executive order. This is not a debate about whether there should or should not be the opportunity to replace striking workers with permanent replacement workers. In my view, a ban on permanent replacements will upset the fundamental balance in management-labor relations that has existed now for 60 years. The central issue before Members this morning is whether our national labor policy should be determined by executive fiat rather than by an act of Congress. I think this is an enormously important question, Mr. President, because it really does set a precedent that we should consider carefully.
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