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Dr. Rand Paul Reintroduces National Right to Work Act
senate.gov ^ | Feb 24 | Rand Paul

Posted on 02/24/2021 12:35:19 PM PST by RandFan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced the National Right to Work Act to preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations or to refrain from such activities. The bill currently has 15 ­­cosponsors.

“The National Right to Work Act ensures all American workers have the ability to choose to refrain from joining or paying dues to a union as a condition for employment.” said Dr. Paul. “Kentucky and 26 other states have already passed right to work laws. It’s time for the federal government to follow their lead.”

Dr. Paul continues to work to reduce the massive size of government, his legislation does not add to existing federal law but instead deletes existing federal forced unionism provisions.

The National Right to Work Act repeals six statutory provisions that allow private-sector workers, and airline and railroad employees, to be fired if they don’t surrender part of their paycheck to a union. Dr. Paul’s legislation will put bargaining power back where it belongs: in the hands of the American workers.

U.S. Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC-2) reintroduced companion legislation today in the U.S. House of Representatives as H.R. 1275.


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: randpaul

1 posted on 02/24/2021 12:35:19 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

In this Congress?
Dead on Arrival.
IN fact the Demonicrats are attempting to stifle Right to Work in the states that have it.


2 posted on 02/24/2021 12:50:20 PM PST by Little Ray (The Government is always its own largest and most important Special Interest. .)
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To: RandFan

Oh look. More useless virtue signaling from Paul. Useful only for ginning up more donations.


3 posted on 02/24/2021 12:53:58 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: RandFan; All
With the exception of 14th Amendment (14A)-related issues, patriots are reminded that the states have never amended the Constitution to give Congress the express power to dictate policy for INTRAstate labor issues, “right to work” uniquely a state power issue imo.

Regarding 14A issues, if I recall correctly, public union dues were wrongly taken out of state government paychecks versus freedom of speech.

Public Unions Lose Over 90% Of Non-Member Dues After SCOTUS Ruling (4.10.19)
Otherwise, not only is Democratic politically correct federal NLRB unconstitutional imo, but Sen. Rand is inadvertently unconstitutionally expanding the already unconstitutionally big federal government’s powers by reintroducing this bill imo.

Insights welcome.

4 posted on 02/24/2021 1:16:41 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: Amendment10

“Otherwise, not only is Democratic politically correct federal NLRB unconstitutional imo, but Sen. Rand is inadvertently unconstitutionally expanding the already unconstitutionally big federal government’s powers by reintroducing this bill imo.”

Does his legislation do that? Or is it simply repealing federal law to return it to the States?


5 posted on 02/24/2021 1:20:46 PM PST by SecAmndmt (Aim small, miss small)
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To: RandFan

You got a serious woody for that dude, huh?


6 posted on 02/24/2021 1:22:48 PM PST by humblegunner (Balls To Picasso.)
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To: SecAmndmt; All
"Or is it simply repealing federal law to return it to the States?"

Thanks for replying.

In my opinion, “repealing” a federal law is not the same thing as making sure that low-information voters, also Democratic lawmakers, understand that the states have never expressly constitutionally given the feds the specific power to make INTRAstate labor laws.

7 posted on 02/24/2021 1:50:13 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: RandFan
Including gig workers that the commies want to either unionize or get rid of?

8 posted on 02/24/2021 2:57:16 PM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: RandFan

bttt


9 posted on 02/24/2021 2:58:16 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: RandFan

Dems will allow this after the national debt is settled.*

*$26.9 trillion—up $4.2 trillion from last year, due largely to the government’s COVID-19 response. Nov 9, 2020 report.


10 posted on 02/24/2021 4:16:51 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Little Ray

Biden DID campaign on EVERY SINGLE JOB IN THE USA BEING A UNION JOB...NO EXCEPTIONS.


11 posted on 02/24/2021 4:37:02 PM PST by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: RandFan

Could have introduced it 4 years ago when it had a slight chance of getting to the President’s desk.


12 posted on 02/24/2021 6:23:34 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

March 7, 2017. S. 545 Introduced by Sen. Paul.


13 posted on 02/25/2021 6:15:37 AM PST by donozark (Awaiting the arrival of Biden's Black Marias...)
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To: RandFan

Both Montana and New Hampshire trying to pass RTW in their respective states.


14 posted on 02/25/2021 6:16:30 AM PST by donozark (Awaiting the arrival of Biden's Black Marias...)
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To: ridesthemiles

Pretty much guarantees that the corporate half of the Biden-Harris fascist deal with . . . the corporate half . . . will assign the office to Harris (fanatical anarchist-gov’t half of the deal, approves).

Biden takes a golden parachute (Dr. Jill will have to be happy with that) and corporate half arranges with the gov’t anarchist half to send the bill to the taxpayers.


15 posted on 02/25/2021 6:54:24 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: RandFan

Rand is right, but if you want to give employees choices, in Lib World it means you hate working people.


16 posted on 02/25/2021 7:30:30 AM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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