Labor Must Ask Town Hall Questions
With the August Congressional recess upon us, and hundreds of town hall style meetings popping up all around the country, the Alliance for Worker Freedom has provided several questions that citizens should ask their politicians at these meetings. Healthcare and energy policies should not be the only focus. There are several bills floating around that, if passed, could change the course of American labor relations for decades. See the below question guide and print one out if you are going to a town hall meeting. Hold your members of Congress accountable and let them know you are monitoring their action on bills that will affect every working American and rank-and-file union member.
Click here for the printable PDF labor questionaire.
The Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF), an organization established in 2003 to combat anti-worker legislation and promote free and open labor markets has put together the following questions that every American attending a Town Hall this August should bring with them and ask:
- Do you support the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA, aka “card check”) bill in Congress that will take away my right to a private, secret ballot when voting on unionization?
- Did you support the 10% increase in the minimum wage that is associated with a 1% employment decrease in retail and small business employment?
- The Employee Free Choice Act and the Cap-and-Trade bill in Congress are expected to cost over two million American jobs. What pro-jobs bills do you support?
- Only 1 in 160 union workers is covered by a defined benefit multi-employer union pension with the required assets. Do you support giving union workers a traditional, portable 401(k)-type plan?
- The Davis-Bacon Act increases the cost of federally funded highway projects by $8.6 billion a year and increased the “stimulus” by $15 billion. Do you support the repeal of this Act to save taxpayer money?
- The Green Jobs Act only gives federal funding to organizations that partner with organized labor – this leaves out 91 percent of the workforce. Do you support the Green Jobs Improvement Act that will open the funding up to all workers, not just those in unions?
- The Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS), the only federal agency that monitors union financial activity and transparency is under assault. Do you promise to oppose any bill that cuts OLMS funding?
Stand up for worker freedom. Ask your Congressmen these tough questions to find out where they side – big labor or worker’s rights?
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