Carl Levin: “I think it works to their advantage to do that, to have something that vague that they are able to sign up to.”

This amendment is truly amazing to me as a longtime union organizer. It seeks to undermine the freedom of contract, the ability of employers and unions to agree on how to handle a situation freely together. The shock of giving the…

This amendment would strike the bill's provision that allows unions to collect a fair-share fee for services they are legally required to provide, and create, in its place, a national right-to-freeload scheme. This is a blatant attempt to…

Woman, 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…

Woman, I will close by saying that I really appreciate our ability to take this small step, but I think we ought to all dream big for this beautiful part of our country. Puerto Rico has been subject to misfortunes, and we can think about a…