Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise to offer a very simple amendment that I am hopeful will assuage the concerns of my friend and colleague, Ms. Foxx, regarding privacy issues. This amendment very simply clarifies a provision in the PRO Act that deals with the list of voters that employers are to provide to a union before an election. My amendment provides that the requirements surrounding this list of voters shall not affect employee privacy. For more than 60 years, the NLRB has required employers to provide a list of names and home addresses of employees who are part of a potential bargaining unit and who will vote in a union election. This list has never conscripted workers into a union against their will, and workers are still free to vote in favor of unionization or against it. Rather, this procedure is designed to create a modicum of fairness during a union election because employers already have this information to reach their employees, whereas unions otherwise would not. It just puts the employer and the union on equal footing in the lead-up to an election. In 2014, the NLRB updated what had to be included in that list, requiring employers also to include job classifications, telephone and cell phone numbers, and email contact information that was in the employer's possession. The PRO Act simply codifies that 2014 election rule.…”