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Right To Work Officer: TV Ad Will Urge Butch Otter To Follow Through On Campaign Promises
FOR RELEASE: August 7, 2002
Lewiston, ID -- National Right to Work Committee® spokesman Dennis Fusaro paid a visit to Lewiston today to unveil a new television ad produced by the 2.2 million-member grassroots group that will begin airing throughout the 1st Congressional District next week.
Mr. Fusaro spoke at the Riverview Inn this morning.
The National Right to Work Committee® is running the ad as part of a nationwide media campaign to persuade 1st District Congressman Butch Otter and several other Congressmen to follow through on their public promises to cosponsor the National Right to Work Act (H.R. 1109).
The National Right to Work Act would end forced unionism nationwide by removing the provision in federal law that authorizes union officials to confiscate union dues from workers as a condition of employment.
Congressman Otter pledged during his last four campaigns to “cosponsor and seek roll-call votes on” the National Right to Work Act. But during his time in Washington, despite strong support for the bill from the citizens in his district, Mr. Otter has yet to follow through on his promise.
“Frankly, I’m baffled as to why Congressman Otter hasn’t yet kept the promise he made to his constituents,” Mr. Fusaro said.
“Nearly 8 of 10 Americans support this legislation,” Mr. Fusaro continued. “Why would Congressman Otter choose to ignore the will of the people who sent him to Washington? It is time for him to honor his pledge.”
Nationwide polls show Americans oppose forced union affiliation by a nearly four-to-one margin.
Because of the supremacy of federal law, even in Idaho and other states that have enacted Right to Work laws, hundreds of thousands of employees are forced to support unions financially in order to secure and maintain employment.
(A fact sheet follows providing additional information on how federal labor law forces many employees in Idaho and other Right to Work states to bankroll a union to keep their jobs.)
Please call Kirsten Andersen at (703) 321-9820 for more information.