Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I submit for the Record this letter from the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, with 243 associations and organizations in support of this legislation. Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, November 29, 2011. Dear Representative: On behalf of millions of job creators concerned with mounting threats to the basic tenets of free enterprise, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace urges you to support H.R. 3094, the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act. Congress needs to immediately pass this much- needed legislation. The bill directly addresses recent and economically crippling actions of the National Labor Relations Board (Board or NLRB). Specifically, the bill would block the Board from moving forward with its ambush election proposal. If left unchecked, the proposal will effectively deny employees' access to critical information about unions and strip employers of free speech and due process rights. H.R. 3094 also would reverse the Board's recent decision in Specialty Healthcare, which poses an immediate and direct threat to our economy by opening the door to swarms of micro- unions. The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, a group of more than 600 organizations, has been united in its opposition to the so-called ``Employee Free Choice Act'' (EFCA) and EFCA alternatives that pose a similar threat to workers, businesses and the U.S. economy.…”