[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18424]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  WORKFORCE DEMOCRACY AND FAIRNESS ACT

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, in June the National Labor 
Relations Board, NLRB, proposed a new rule that accelerates the 
election process for unionization. Union workers would be forced into 
memberships without having a reasonable time for managers to fully 
explain the advantages and disadvantages of membership.
  This afternoon, under the leadership of Education and Workforce 
Chairman John Kline, Congress will vote on the Workforce Democracy and 
Fairness Act, legislation that limits the NLRB's ability to deny 
employers and workers the right to a free election, a right granted to 
every American by the laws of our country.
  It is time for the President's National Labor Relations Board to stop 
focusing on policies that trample over the rights of American workers. 
I encourage my colleagues to vote in favor of the bill today and 
reaffirm the protections workers and job creators have received for 
decades.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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