Steve Lynch: “In Taft-Hartley we said that as a government we were taking away the right of workers to strike. As an ironworker, I put…”

“In Taft-Hartley we said that as a government we were taking away the right of workers to strike. As an ironworker, I put my tools down if I thought it was unsafe or if somebody cut my pay. We don't allow Federal workers to do that. I am saying that this President has broken that covenant of treating our workers with respect. I think it is only fair that we consider giving back the right to strike to our Federal workers. Let them stand up for themselves and protest like we give every other human being in our society. Give them the right to protest. Give them the right to strike if we are not going to treat them right. I think that, unfortunately, we have come to this point. I certainly want to urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this very modest cost- of-living adjustment on behalf of our Federal workers.”