[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2817]
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 OPPOSING THE EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING THE USE OF PERMANENT REPLACEMENT 
                         WORKERS DURING STRIKES

  (Mr. FAWELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FAWELL. Mr. Speaker, in the collective bargaining process, the 
union has the ultimate right to strike in an economic strike. The 
employer has the right, however, to hire permanent replacement workers 
in order to be able to continue his business.
  I rise today to express my strong opposition to the Executive order 
just issued by the President which would ban the use of permanent 
replacement workers during strikes against government contractors. I 
question the authority of the President to issue such an order, and I 
urge him to rethink this divisive strategy.
  The labor law implications of banning permanent replacements have 
been debated at length in this Chamber. The fact that many, many days 
have been devoted to the issue in recent years should leave no doubt in 
anyone's mind that this is a legislative issue. Any Executive order 
that touches on this same issue is an infringement on the separation of 
powers so vital to our constitutional form of government. It would be 
an usurpation of the congressional authority.

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