Tim Kaine

It is a serious decision. It is a Presidential-level decision for the United States.

So the recommendation will be done by the end of June to the White House.

I gather it is sort of an iterative process.

So it is a very aggressive antiworker stance to not want to have a National Labor Relations Board at all.

Great. Thanks, Ms. Drake.

In our opinion, one is too many. We are well beyond whatever anyone would need to see as evidence that the current system of the government's very feeble efforts and the voluntary compliance programs of the corporations simply are not…

We do not have command and control of Bangladeshi regulations, culture of corruption, building codes, but we do have leverage.

I will save my private-sector questions for the next panel, but just one on the international organizations.

Bangladesh is a sovereign nation, and they have their own sets of rules.

So just in terms of the testimony, Mr. Chair, to summarize some testimony that occurred, I think when you were out of the room, there is a coincidence of timing here, the potential of a recommendation from USTR to the White House at the…

Talk to me a little bit about the timing of that effort and when we might be expected to know something about it.

The industry will support what the U.S. Government does here.

If the United States does not have a functioning National Labor Relations Board, that goes all the way down to the site, the small-factory level, and will prevent probably most organizing efforts from succeeding in the United States…

Providing advice won't protect a victim in a court procedure.

I think, if I remember the testimony earlier correctly, that one of the things they are seeing is the number of people who come in with restricted reports, but then as they work with their advocate and come to understand the system that…

Is that now standard, and is it known?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Is the structure of the special victims' counsel set up to--so that a victim knows, well, I have an ally.

You must set the condition in your command where others know that retaliation will never be tolerated and set a zero tolerance for retaliation as well.

We must provide victims with absolute legal representation rights, not just advice.

It sure serves its purpose by inviting that person who has that reticence.

Because whether they make a restricted or unrestricted case, they are offered special victims' counsel.

I think the last 3 years, Senator, I would say.

The special victims' counsel pilot project within the Air Force, maybe one of the fears of reporting is the fear that you are going to be isolated and alone.

I think this has been a helpful panel, but I feel a little bit of it has gotten into kind of a tug of war over your reactions to proposals that we might make on this side of the aisle, and that is as it ought to be.