Labor & Employment Law

Killing Workplace Rights: ?Un-American?

By Tula Connell

Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) gave a powerful statement this morning on the House floor in which he described the real agenda of anti-worker governors, state lawmakers and Republicans in Congress who are targeting America’s working families through the guise of budget-cutting. Some snippets below, but you gotta watch his full speech.

The Republicans are taking a real problem, a serious problem, that of the budget deficits and long-term debt in this country, and they are assigning it to a fake cause. Under the guise of cutting deficits, they say the working people’s union rights and workplace protections must be eliminated.

…they are now using their new-found political power to relaunch the attacks?to attack the guarantee to a decent wage, to attack the rights to ensure a safe workplace so when the workers leave home in the morning, they know they will return safely at night. They attack the right to have access to affordable health care and secure retirement. And, yes, they are even attacking the rights of working people to join together and to bargain for a better life and better conditions in the workplace.

They (Republicans) want their union, they want their rights in the workplace to be terminated. It?s un-American.

Amen.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on March 02, 2011 (boomark / email).