Political Quotes

“We want to respect the sovereign nations, but we can't pick and choose the way we treat them. Certainly, everybody who works in this great country deserves an opportunity to be treated fairly. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from the Transport Workers Union of America that talks about being fairly treated. Transport Workders Union of America, AFL-CIO, January 10, 2018. Vote Alert: Vote NO on the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act (S. 140) Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), AFL-CIO, we write urging you to oppose the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act. This bill (introduced as H.R. 986) has been paired with unrelated bills and packaged as part of S. 140, which the House is expected to vote on today. We urge you to oppose the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act by voting NO on S. 140. The Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act would exempt from the protections of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) workers employed by tribal-owned and -operated commercial enterprises located on tribal lands. Under this bill, the NLRA rights and protections would be denied to more than 600,000 tribal casino workers, the vast majority of whom are not Native American. This bill would overturn a 2004 decision by the Bush Administration's National Labor Relations Board (Board), in which the Board applied the NLRA to a tribal casino (San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino, 341 NLRB No. 138 (2004)).…”