Political Quotes

“Madam Chairwoman, I would point out that the gentleman's amendment says that an employer alleging that a labor organization no longer has majority status because of turnover may seek a decertification election. The gentleman's amendment empowers the employer to decertify the union. What we are doing in the PRO Act is overturning the Johnson Controls decision of the Trump NLRB from July 3 of last year that allowed an employer to announce it was withdrawing recognition of a union because of this turnover, because simply more than half the people weren't there the last time they negotiated a contract or when the union was formed. This is an attempt to allow employers to determine that they want another election and to go all, again, through the captive audience meetings where they force workers to attend on pain of termination, meetings whose sole purpose is to scare workers out of forming a union, to show movies or other propaganda that doesn't have to be truthful at all to scare workers out of forming a union. It is time to stop having employers prevent workers from forming a union. That was the purpose of this amendment. That is why I oppose it. I urge all my colleagues to oppose it. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Rooney). The amendment was rejected. Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Vargas The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No.…”