Forced unionism stalled
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
The abrupt Senate de
cision to delay a cloture
vote on the so-called labor
law “reform” bill shows
“the bill’s big labor sup
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porters don’t have the votes
to stop the filibuster and they
know it,” Reed Larson,
president of the National
Right to Work Committee
declared last week.
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Senate Majority Leader
Robert Byrd of West
Virginia announced May 18
that there would be no
cloture vote on S. 2467, the
mislabled law “reform” bill
now before the Senate, until
after the Memorial Day
recess.
“If the bill’s supporters
had the votes,” Larson said,
“they would try for cloture.
Their announcement to
delay any vote is an open
admission of their basic
weakness.
“It also confirms that
opponents of the bill are
speaking for the majority of
the American people who
oppose a bill which would
force hundreds of thousands
of workers into unwanted
unions.
“The next move,” said
Committee president Lar
son, “is up to the supporters
of the phony labor law
‘reform’ bill. They can either
continue to waste America’s
time by prolonging the
filibuster or abandon S. 2467
as a piece of unwanted and
unwarranted legislation and
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The Senate, buried under a
deluge of public protest
against the so-called labor
law “reform” bill (S. 2467)
took up the controversial
legislation at noon, on May
16 and was quickly caught up
m what promises to be one of
the longest filibusters in over
a decade.
Larson said the opponents
are well-organized “and
prepared to fight on behalf of
America’s workers for as
long as necessary to defeat
this compulsory unionism
legislation.”
Larson said, “The sup
porters of the filibuster know
that even though they don’t
have a majority of the
senators with them, they do
have a majority of the
American people, and are
therefore going to stand fast
against this sell-out to union
officials.
“So there’s no reason for
Majority Leader (Robert)
Byrd (D-WV) to drag it out.
“President Carter and the
union officials aren’t going
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in Congress
to be able to force this un
popular measure down the
public's throat no matter
how long they tie up the
Senate.”
Despite the public op
position to the bill, which
would force workers to join
unions against their will,
organized labor’s friends in
the Senate have vowed to
“keep at it until we get
cloture, no matter how long
it takes.”
President Carter, at a
White House “pep rally” for
union officials late last week
promised them they’ll “have
a strong partner in the White
House.” Carter indicated
that the prolonged battle
over the “reform” bill could
be allowed to drag on
because, he said, last year’s
“overwhelming problem”
with inflation has eased.
In 1976, the Carter-
Mondale ticket received $ll
million in reported in-kind
contributions from
organized labor (considered
only a fraction of the total
support received from
unions) .In December of 1977,
Vice President Mondale,
speaking at the AFL-ClO’s
12th convention, promised
the gathered union officials
“to fulfill the trust and faith
you have put in us” by
making the so-called
“reform” bill one of the
Administration’s top
legislative priorities.
Now, sources on Capitol
Hill indicate that the
President has promised
union officials to personally
call southern senators op
posing the bill and pressure
them to switch their position.
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Placements of broiler chicks
in the Commonwealth during
the week ending May 13,
1978, were up six per cent
from the same week a year
ago, according to the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting
Service.
The placements were at
2.037.000, three per cent
below the previous week.
Average placements during
the past 10 weeks were nine
per cent above a year
earlier.
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producing states were
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below the previous week but
seven per cent more than the
same week a year earlier.
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21 poultry-producing states
during the past 10 weeks
were four per cent above a
year earlier.
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“It’s a terrible indictment
of the Administration and
certain union-controlled
senators,” Committe
president Larson said, “for
them to allow this union
power grab to take up their
time and the country’s time.
“While on the one hand,
the bill’s backers are trying
to peddle it as ‘moderate’
legislation, on the* other
hand, they’re pulling out all
stops to force it through.
“Their ‘no-holds-barred’
approach to the bill’s
passage lends credence to
the statement Senator
Harrison Williams (D-N.J.)
made when he introduced
the legislation last July.
Williams boasted that, ‘this
is the most sweeping
revision of national labor
policy since the passage of
the Landrum-Griffm Act 17
years ago.’
“And the worst part,”
Larson concluded, “it’s a
revision that gives vast new
powers to union bosses at the
expense of rank and file
workers.”
The National Right to
Work Committee is a 1.25
million member citizens’
lobby that opposes com
pulsory unionism. It is
widely credited with leading
the opposition to the
“reform” bill.
Since late December, the
Committee has run over 300
newspaper ads and mailed in
excess of 10 million letters to
members and prospective
members. The Committee’s
efforts have resulted in over
4 million cards and letters
being sent to U.S. Senators
by constituents opposing the
bill.
The number of broiler
fryers slaughtered in
Pennsylvania in the federal
inspection week ending May
3 was 1,748,000 with an
average weight of 3.86
pounds.
No rabies
reported
HARRISBURG - The
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture’s Bureau of
Animal Industry reports no
rabies cases have been
diagnosed positive between
January 1 and April 30,1978.
The bureau reports that 16
rabies cases were diagnosed
positive from July 1,1977 to
April 30, 1978. Twelve cases
involved bats, with the
remaining four attributed to
two skunks, one dog, and one
cat.
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