Political Quotes

“H.R. 3246 is a terribly unfair bill, but it is part of a wider assault on the rights of workers to free association. This bill would turn back the clock to a time when employers had absolute power over the lives of workers and their families. It would effectively blacklist people who believe that employees need to band together to pursue their collective interest. This bill would have a huge negative impact on the rights of all working people, making it far more difficult for the NLRB to carry out our Nation's industrial relations laws. This bill would have a devastating impact on our Nation's workers and the building and construction trades. Every day millions of men and women go to work building the roads and bridges, building the high-rise office towers, building the schools that our Nation depends upon. These workers risk their lives every day to build America and to maintain our infrastructure. They work under harsh conditions. They are compelled to move from job to job, from one employer to another, to make a decent living. What keeps these workers productive is the skills that they have received from thousands of joint apprenticeship programs, high-quality programs that are only available to them because of their affiliation with construction unions. It is their union membership and their dedication to training, to education, to quality work which allows them to contribute to our economy.”