AWF Supports National Right-to-Work Act [Unleash America.]

Alliance for Worker Freedom ^ | 2011-01-20 | Billy Gribbin

[92nina]

Rep. Steve King introduced the National Right-to-Work Act (H.R. 4107 in the 111th Congress). If passed, this legislation would give all American workers the freedom to choose whether or not to be represented by a union. Christopher Prandoni, Executive Director of the Alliance for Worker Freedom, has written a letter urging congressmen to support Rep. King's initiative:

"Since the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, states have been free to pass laws that prohibit union membership as a condition of employment. Today, 22 states have some form of Right-to-Work legislation in place. The remaining 28 are known as “forced dues” states, wherein a union may have workers fired if they refuse to pay dues. In these states, workers seeking employment in a unionized workplace are required to pay a portion of their paychecks (usually called “agency fees”) to cover the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration.

Unbeknownst to most workers, they technically cannot be required to join a union, just forced to support it financially. Substantively, however, there is little distinction between supporting a union and being a card carrying member; workers are still covered by the union-negotiated collective bargaining agreement...

[92nina]

This argument is over fifty years old. Americans deserve a resolution in favor of workers.

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[Tahoe3002]

Since 1935...”The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency vested with the power to safeguard employees’ rights to organize and to determine whether to have unions as their bargaining representative. The agency also acts to prevent and remedy unfair labor practices committed by private sector employers and unions.” From their website.

Rep. King should seek to defund the NLRB, if he is really serious. The NLRB is tax funded support of unionization. They do little to nothing to ‘prevent and remedy unfair labor practices’. Witness the SEIU.