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Work law support urged
The repercussions of Watergate
have aiready caused a remarkable
amount of turmoil on the American
political scene. The frustrated Amer
ican voter, tormented by deceit in
Washington, ran amuck last Novem
ber and elected just about anybody or
anything coherent enough to mumble
"reform". Undoubtedly some of the
newly elected members of Congress
'are fine men. Just as surely, however,
most of them wiil prove deservedly to
be "one-termers" who were thrust
into elective office, not on their own
merits, but rather by a conveniently
timed political landslide.
One of the least appealing pros
pects of the next Congress lies in the
anticipated move to repeal Section
14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, better
known as i e "Right to Work Law".
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Big labor continues to have perhaps
the wealthiest and most powerful
lobby in Washington. Its money and
manpower provided much of the
impetus in the election efforts of
scores of congressmen in the last
election. The next session of Con
gress will undoubtedly see a lot of big
labor's political I.O.U.s called in for
repayment. , The cries of political
reform have left the labor lobby
scared cow untouched, but the
probability of stricter controls even
for labor is readily apparent. George
Meany knows perfectly weil that this
Congress may be the last stacked
deck he is allowed to to deal. Labor
will waste no opportunity to try to
deal the average American and Right
to Work a losina hand.
What exactly is this Section 14(b)
that labor wants to repeal so badly?
Does it allow management to shoot
their employes for disciplinary
reasons? Does it impose triple
taxation on union members or take
their children away from them?
Nothing of the kind, yet big labor
campaigns against it as if it repre
sented the Black Death' revisited.
Section 14(b) is merely a federal
statute which allows the individual
states to enact Right to Work laws.
Nineteen states (including Nebraska)
currently have the laws which pro
hibit the use of Union Shops. A Union
Shop is a firm which you must belong
to or join a union as a condition of
employment. For most blue collar
workers in states without a Right to
Work Law the rule is both brutal and
uncompromising: join a union or
don't work.
In this fight against the powerful
'labor lobby stands the National Right
to Work Committee (N.R.W.C., 1990
M St. N.W., Washington, D.C.,
20036), a relatively small but deter
mined group of Americans dedicated
to the eventual enactment of a
National Right to Work law. The
newly elected Congress is heavily
weighted against them, yet a June
1974 poll by Opinion Research Corp.
confirms the fact that 68 of the
American public continues to oppose
compulsory union membership as a
condition of employment. Coercing
men and women to join labor, or any
other, organizations against their will
has always been and still is inherently
contrary to the true American spirit of
freedom.
The paradox is real and now. We
have a Right to Work public and a
labor backed Congress. Public pres
sure, public outcry of massive propor
tions will be needed to halt the repeal
of Right to Work. Most people (68)
agree with the N.R.W.C.'s motto of
"Americans Must Have The Right,
But Not 3e Compelled To Join Labor
Unions". If you agree, then do
something.
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