Answer the Question, Congresswoman!

President Obama's choice for Secretary of Labor, Congresswoman Hilda Solis, dodges questions from Senators Lamar Alexander and Orrin Hatch on the importance of state Right to Work laws and looming fight over Card Check legislation.

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• Hilda Solis
• Department of Labor
• Obama
• Senate
• Orrin Hatch
• Lamar Alexander

[recoveringconservati]

Right to work laws are not a right to work, they are a right to deny workers representation. Pawns of corporate contributors, these people want no one to have a wage that exceeds minimum, adn they oppose all raises to the minimum wage, as well. Right to work, is right to slavery. Right to work my A**

[jawbrayker]

@dlkamps This is the dumbest post I've read. Unions don't make businesses go bankrupt. What would be the point? Union members would have to constantly find new places to work. That certainly isn't the case. Employers will tell you a sob story like that to coerce you out of interest in unions, but in reality it just means a little less profit for these company stake holders. (No new summer house this year Boo hoo.) And unions are and have always been against NAFTA.

[truckdawg43]

@jawbrayker Firing a worker because of disability is against the Law .But years in the job bank is pure laziness because they WILL move you and train you in a different position .That is what Ford does they have no job bank they will move you till you find your niche as long as you ether have seniority or there is a position to fill .There is your chance .I couldnt do factory work I know this as fact .So why waste my time trying and let some other who does and can do it well fill the position

[truckdawg43]

@jawbrayker Good on ya ! when companies first started offering it it was a perk ,one to bring in more experienced workers ,two if they were growing and needed more workers .Now they say its a right and the Gov is forcing either companies or individuals to buy it .One payer doesnt mean free like alot of these folk think because we all pay.You force it on the comp owner they will shut it down it isnt profitable to keep it going ..It is our responsibility to pay for it unless offered

[jawbrayker]

My contractor doesn't pay into my healthcare, I do.

[jawbrayker]

@truckdawg43 I don't know anything about those companies, because i'm not a trucker. This job bank also sounds like protection for workers that have given their health and livelihood to a company. If they get hurt or sick is it right for that company to toss them on their ass? If they don't move as fast anymore because of damage done by repetitive movement making the products the company needs to make a profit, should he be fired? That job bank gives an employee a chance to still be useful.

[truckdawg43]

@jawbrayker Do you remember Flemming Foods paid their people well to keep the Unions out .Churchill Trucking closed up ,CF closed up but started back as another company that pays its drivers real well.There is your Teamster handy work but only a fraction. UAW ask GM about the Job bank ,ask Ford how many jobs a worker gets to run through .Dont get me wrong I am sure there are abusers .On both sides .Will your union drop their dues if Obama gets his health care bill ? Or does your company pay ?

[jawbrayker]

@truckdawg43 Statistically Right To Work states pay lower wages and have less labor protection legislation. I've never run into anybody describing the types of scenarios you mentioned. But I have seen alot of companies in all sectors who treat the employees like the enemy. The name of the game is to squeeze as much work from them as you can while paying them as little as possible. Don't let them know they have rights and intimidate them into doing what's best for the company.

[truckdawg43]

@jawbrayker At one time Unions served us as workers and went above and beyond .Trade Unions i.e iron workers, painter ,electricians ,plumbers and laborers seem to have a pride in their work .Teamsters screwed me over ,UAW has hurt my family.I know railroad workers that go to work to get rested for the weekend .I know some postal workers that every time they file a grievance they have to defend themselves.I am a trucker and damn proud of it ,but I wont work in a state that aint right to work

[jawbrayker]

@truckdawg43 As a Union Ironworker, if I can't get the job done I'm down the road. (i.e. laid off or fired) There's no job security, there's only "I work my ass off and that makes people want to hire me.". On the flip side, these contractors cant f*** me. They have to look after my safety and well being. They can't jerk me around if I go in the hole I'm taken care of. I don't see what's so lazy about that.

[truckdawg43]

@jawbrayker If you havent heard of the Job Bank I will explain.A person works on the assembly line X number of years they come in and change what that persons job entails .He says I cant do that basically and they put him in the job bank until they find a place for him .Sounds innocent well he stays at full salary full benni's .He or she goes in and basically sits on their ass ,people have stayed on for years .They have retired .I know a man who has .Thats a big part of your cost in your

[jawbrayker]

@truckdawg43 Honestly, I'm not talking shit but I can't make much sense out of this post.