Political Quotes

“there is one real glowing error in my estimation in this legislation, and that is the codifying of the Beck decision. That is bad enough because that is a slap in every working man and woman's face. But, beyond that, they make it much worse, because then they say the notice of rights in the bill must only be given to nonmembers of the union. Then they make it worse by saying that they will limit what it is the worker can object to as far as paying is concerned. That makes the Beck decision worse. Now, what is the Beck decision? It says that you do not have to pay any dues not used for collective bargaining in the union security agreement. A union security agreement is when you agree, employer and union, that you must join the union and you must pay dues. Now, how do you handle this situation? The only thing you can do, according to this legislation, is to drop out of the union. If you do that, you must still pay your dues. However, now you are going to appeal and you are trying to get part of your dues money back. Who do you think you appeal to? You appeal to the union. What chance does the poor soul have? I mean, it is rigged, folks. It is rigged. You could have corrected this. All you had to do is take the Worker's Paycheck Fairness Act as reported out of our committee and you would have corrected this issue once and for all.”