Political Quotes

“I thank Chairman Scott and the committee for working so hard to bring this historic legislation to the floor. As Members may know, my district, which includes the city of Detroit, was built on the backs of unions and standing up for worker rights. Thanks to our unions, our communities receive respectful benefits, fair pay, and great representation. However--this comes as no surprise--this administration has weakened workers' rights and labor authority. The PRO Act and my amendment look to shed some light on these recent attacks by strengthening workers' rights to a free and fair union representation election. My amendment accomplishes this by preventing unnecessary delays between the filing of a petition and the holding of an election. When such delays ensue, this gives employers the opportunity to launch antiunion campaigns designed to erode union support. Madam Chair, we need to protect workers' rights to a timely election, not dismiss it. My amendment does just that, as it looks to eliminate an unnecessary delay relating to union elections recently imposed by the NLRB. This amendment addresses the mandatory 20-day wait period between the filing of the petition and holding the election. There has been no justification for establishing this wait period. In 2014, under the Obama administration, the NLRB updated its union election processes by enacting reasonable deadlines and preventing employers from stalling elections through frivolous litigation.…”