Political Quotes

“Madam Chairwoman, this amendment is a naked attempt to undermine unions by making it harder to collect reasonable fees for the services that they are required by law to perform. Unions have a legal obligation to represent and advocate for all members of a bargaining unit, even if those people choose to remain nonunion. As a result, the law has created a perverse incentive for workers to receive the benefits of unions' labor without paying a reasonable fee for these services--in fact, without paying anything at all. For years, so-called right-to-work laws have been wildly misnamed. They don't actually provide any right to a job. Instead, they allow States to interfere with the freedom of contract, solely for the purposes of pitting workers against one another and threatening a union's ability to exist at all. Let me be clear, the PRO Act does not allow the employer and union to agree that employees must be a member of the union as a condition of employment. Despite the rhetoric, that has not been possible since the late 1940s when the Supreme Court decided that no worker can be required to be a member of a union. It is simply false. Nor does it allow fair share dues to go toward political activity or advocacy. It covers only the cost of representation and contract administration, what the union is required by law to provide for everybody in the bargaining unit. The PRO Act simply restores fairness to the system.…”