[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        BALANCING RIGHTS OF ALL PARTIES IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

  (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 two hearings earlier this year, the 
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities heard from 
witnesses who shared their experiences with so-called ``union 
salters.'' In many cases, paid union organizers, known as salters, 
sought employment simply to disrupt the employer's workplace or to 
force the employer out of business or to defend itself against 
frivolous charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board [NLRB]. 
For most of these companies--many of which were smaller businesses--the 
economic harm inflicted by the union's salting campaigns was 
devastating.
  Mr. Speaker, last month the Supreme Court issued a decision that such 
salters were nevertheless employees under the National Labor Relations 
Act [NLRA] and thus entitled to all rights and protections of that act.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe that any employer is entitled to know that its 
employees are loyal employees not being paid by others to be 
destructive to its business. I am therefore exploring legislative 
alternatives for curbing the abusive practices involved with salting. 
The Court's decision notwithstanding, we must retain and ensure the 
balance of rights of employers and employees that is fundamental to the 
system of collective bargaining.

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