Rand Paul & AFP's Tim Phillips: The PRO ACT undermines workers' rights at the worst possible time

Fox Business ^ | April 3 | By Rand Paul, Tim Phillips

[RandFan]

Americans have suffered too long from this pandemic. But we can see a new day dawning on the horizon. Coronavirus infections are on the decline, and with three different vaccines now on the market, an end to the pandemic is within reach.

Our economy is beginning to recover as people return to work. The unemployment rate plummeted from nearly 15 percent last April to just over 6 percent this February. State lockdowns are finally being lifted and our economy is getting back on its feet.

Unfortunately, some lawmakers intend to exploit this critical time in order to pass a partisan goody bag — the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or the PRO Act — that solely benefits labor unions while ignoring the rights of millions of American workers.

The PRO Act would, among other things, likely reclassify countless independent contractors as employees under the National Labor Relations Act. This reclassification would rob millions of workers of the right to set their own terms and schedule their own work hours. The bill would also strike down right-to-work laws in 27 states, including Kentucky’s, which guarantee every worker has the “free and fair choice to join a union,” as our president put it.

It would also force employers to hand over their employees' private information — including cellphone numbers and home addresses — to union organizers, exposing them to harassment and intimidation. This bill not only erodes the privacy rights of workers but strips them of their ability to vote both on a union contract and through a secret ballot over whether to unionize.

This harmful legislation could not come at a worse time.

[Truthoverpower]

Well California already did this garbage with 85 and they really really really pissed off a lot of people

Now are they going to be pissed off enough to stop voting for these idiot Democrats?

That is the $64,000 question

Now I’ll add on all of our schools are still closed because of the Democrat teachers unions all the morons around here are still wearing masks and we still have the government saying to all the bars that you can’t open

Again this is 100% caused by Democrats

It looks like we’re going to get rid of our fair haired governor - which is interesting