Virginia Foxx: “Democrats bemoan that plummeting union membership does not reflect workers' actual opinion of unions. But NLRB decisions…”

“Democrats bemoan that plummeting union membership does not reflect workers' actual opinion of unions. But NLRB decisions and so-called conservative attacks are not the reason workers have voluntarily chosen to leave unions behind. Democrats and their friends in Big Labor refuse to acknowledge that millions of workers are simply disenchanted with union representation and that union leaders have lost the trust of their members. We need not look any further than the ongoing corruption scandal at United Auto Workers in which several high-ranking union officials have already been convicted of a litany of crimes, including embezzlement, misuse of workers' union dues on lavish personal expenses, money laundering, tax fraud, and accepting bribes in violation of Federal labor law. Two former UAW vice presidents have been charged. The last two UAW presidents have been formally implicated in a racketeering scheme of more than $1.5 million, and the current UAW president is under investigation for receiving bribes and kickbacks. The UAW is now at risk of being placed under Federal oversight under the Racketeering Influence and Corruption Organization Act, or RICO. That is why I have sent not one, not two, but three letters requesting a public hearing by the Committee on Education and Labor to examine this widening corruption scandal.…”