On the recordNovember 14, 2023
The chairwoman talks about the violence against workers from trying to form unions. Of course, we know the labor history, but this isn't the 1800s. It is not 1910. It is not the Pinkertons and the Vanderbilts and the Carnegies. It is 2023. Mr. Chairman, for goodness' sake, do all the States that have right- to-work laws--are all those people so miserable that they are leaving those States for States that force almost unionization unilaterally? No, it is the other way around. Oh, by the way, if you know labor law, you know that labor unions are actually allowed to break the law with impunity. That is the reality. That is the truth. Read the law. They are allowed to do it. There is no reason that we can't have a secret ballot to unionize. Mr. Chair, I urge adoption, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 132 Offered by Mr. Pfluger The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 132 printed in part B of House Report 118-272.
