[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 86 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1258]
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                  HELP RESTORE AMERICA'S RIGHT TO WORK

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                         HON. JOHN T. DOOLITTLE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 25, 1998

  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer my colleagues a 
rare opportunity to be able to do what is right.
  To stand up for the freedom of those who are forced to pay union dues 
against their will to keep their jobs, and at the same time to vote for 
legislation supported by nearly 80% of the American people. Congress 
created compulsory unionism with its power-grabbling National Labor 
Relations Act and Railway Labor Act. Coercive unionism has a crippling 
effect on our nation's competitiveness, preventing hard-working 
Americans from being as productive as they know how to be, destroying 
businesses and the jobs they provide, or sending those good jobs 
overseas.
  Now, Congress can fix its mistake and free working Americans from 
this forced dues tyranny. H.R. 59, the National Right to Work Act, 
would end the forced payment of union dues or fees. Joining a labor 
union is a right and will remain so. But not joining a union should be 
a right as well.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in support of H.R. 59 and I urge the 
leadership to bring it to the floor for a vote.

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