WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve King released the following statement after re-introducing the National Right To Work Act in the 115th Congress along with Congressman Joe Wilson. This bill would repeal the provisions in federal law that make “forced dues” the default labor law of the country:
“Today, around 80% of Americans overwhelmingly believe that every worker and their employer should have the power to negotiate the terms of their employment,” >said King. “Unfortunately when Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act in 1935, this right was taken away from the people and Americans were forced to pay union dues and abide by the union’s rules just to get or keep a job.
“As early as 1947, Congress tacitly admitted that this concept of ‘monopoly bargaining’ does indeed violate the rights of workers. As a result, they allowed states to ‘opt-out’ if they passed Right to Work laws while making ‘forced unionization’ the default. Twenty-seven states have now done so, effectively mitigating the negative impact of this misguided federal labor law. However, the fact remains that Congress created the problem in the first place, and it is Congress’s responsibility to correct it. The National Right to Work Act will succeed in doing so by simply listening to the majority of American workers by erasing the forced-dues clauses in federal statute — without adding a single letter to federal law.”
“As a long-time advocate of South Carolina’s right to work law and the Employee Rights Act, I am grateful to introduce national right to work legislation with my colleague, Congressman Steve King,” said Congressman Joe Wilson. “At least 80 percent of Americans are opposed to forcing employees to pay dues as a condition of their employment, and our bill would protect workers by eliminating the forced-dues clauses in federal statute.
“Right-to-work states, like South Carolina, have seen first-hand that job creation and economic growth comes from expanded freedoms. We need to expand common-sense reforms, like those in the National Right to Work Act to protect American workers and create jobs.”
To view the original text of the bill, click here.
Davis Bacon helps everyone union and non-union. I know there will be many that won’t agree, but unions help push up wages for non-union workers through competition for better labor.
Unions not only provide better paying jobs for workers, they improve the quaillty of work. I have witnessed many non-union jobs built with shoddy workmanship. I’ll pay the extra wages any day to get quality work.
I don’t support getting rid of Davis Bacon.
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Here is the deal: Are we against Federal interference in what is traditionally a State issue? As cited in the article, any state can pass Right to Work legislation. I’m not for or against Right to Work–just tired of the hypocrisy. We either want the Feds out of our lives or we don’t. Can’t have them in our lives when it benefits us but then throw a hissy fit in they interfere when we aren’t benefited.
If unions were as good as they claim there would be no objection to right to work. What is wrong with having a choice. No one should be forced to join a union or pay dues to support a party they don’t like.
Unions are joke anymore. You pay them dues, and for what? When Holcim closed, what did the union do for the workers? Jack Sh*t.
Just a thought. If a company decides to close, what can anybody do about it. If I remember right, the plant was mothballed because of low demand for cement. That’s what happens to all companies when there’s no demand for their product. So the union really didn’t have an argument to protect the workers.
Exactly, what could they do? Nothing, unions are pointless, especially this day in age when discrimination lawsuits and sueing employers are so common. A rip off, a racket. They moved production to St Louis. Easy access to river barges, and a newer facility. The plant in Mason was 100 years old, ran too inefficiently and cost to much to repair and upkeep.
I get it, you have a hard on for unions. In this case, the union had nothing to do with Holcim mothballing the plant. IT WAS DUE TO LOW DEMAND FOR CEMENT. Mothballing and closing are two different things. The company holds the option to reopen the plant if the demand for cement increases.
I realize the unions had nothing to do with their moving production. I am just stating, that all those people who lost jobs, had paid union dues, and still wound up with a measly severance package that they would have got, union or no union. The union could not do anything for them, and didn’t. They are just a racket in today’s job market, of no benefit to workers.
Unions ruined the American auto industry. Because if unions, all the Jap crap producers were able to rise to power. Detroit was spending so much money on pensions, it eventually broke them. Unions are a joke.
He’s at it again. Is the right to work act, going to put all unemployed American back to work. All he wants to do is employ all the illegals in this country so he can save money on the low wages that he will pay them.