Duncan Faircloth: “Thomas Jefferson said, ``To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions in which he…”

“Thomas Jefferson said, ``To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions in which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical.'' At noon today, the U.S. Senate will hold a historic vote on legislation to repeal those provisions of Federal law which require employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment. This vote is long overdue for the working men and women of this country. Since I introduced the National Right to Work Act, 22 of my Senate colleagues have joined me as cosponsors. We share the belief that compulsory unionism violates a fundamental principle of individual liberty, the very principle upon which this Nation was founded. Compulsory unionism basically says that workers cannot and should not decide for themselves what is in their best interest, that they need a union boss to decide for them. I can think of nothing more offensive to our core founding principles which we celebrated on the Fourth of July, a few days ago, than that principle that the working people of this country do not have the ability to decide for themselves. With this bill, not a single word is added to Federal law. It simply repeals those sections of the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act that authorizes the imposition of forced-dues contracts upon working Americans. It simply does away with the requirement that people have to belong to a union to hold a job.”