Leader Pelosi on GOP Bill to Deny Workers' Rights

Democrats are working to build ladders of opportunity to reignite the American dream by strengthening small businesses and expanding our economy. In contrast, after 11 months in control, Republicans still have no jobs agenda, and instead continue to favor special interests over middle class American families.

Today, the House is debating the Republican "Election Prevention Act" (H.R. 3094) which would deny workers their right to a free and fair election to form a union by mandating undue delay in union elections, encouraging frivolous litigation and manipulating the process for deciding who is in a bargaining unit.

This is another in the series of Republican attacks on the middle class, which have been soundly rejected by Americans most recently in the Ohio elections, building on the "Outsourcers Bill of Rights" passed in September.

These Republican attacks undermine the worker rights that helped to create the American middle class, increase families' paychecks, and strengthen health and retirement security.

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[judyleasugar97]

Thank God there are a few people left in Congress like Pelosi who stands up for the middle class.

[JOHNBRANSKI100]

WHAT A TERRIBLE OLD HAG HELL BENT ON TURNING THE U.S INTO A COMMUNIST STATE.

[judyleasugar97]

And it would be a whole lot worse without unions.

[UCSDEngineerDoctor]

@judyleasugar97 Life is pretty bad in GREECE, MICHIGAN, & CALIFORNIA.

[JamesJoyce12]

One sticks one’s finger into the soil to tell by the smell in what land one is: I stick my finger in existence — it smells of nothing. Where am I? Who am I? How came I here? What is this thing called the world? What does this world mean? Who is it that has lured me into the world? Why was I not consulted, why not made acquainted with its manners and customs instead of throwing me into the ranks, as if I had been bought by a kidnapper, a dealer in souls?

[judyleasugar97]

Without unions we would have had no middle class. Unions set the stage for fair pay, benefits and job safety in the rest of the industries. They are not perfect, but absolutely necessary. Most people have no idea just how bad life would get without unions.

[BuckandRider]

Nancy continues to buy votes for her Democratic party by giving out more entitlements to unions. It is not fair to taxpayers. Labor unions should be viewed as a violation of Anti-trust because it is a monopoly on labor. FDR's fears have come true. Public sector unions elect the people who pay them, then get kickbacks from them. That is highly immoral.

[judyleasugar97]

Nancy continues to fight for middle class families.

[Shellshock1918]

politicians should be barred from saying the word "families".

[CommonSenseCap]

@fishskicanoe Where's the website to apply? I got a friend that's a printer looking for work.