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House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Union 'Salting'
House Subcommittee hears testimony about the damaging effects of aggressive union tactics
FOR RELEASE: June 21, 2005
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» Salting & the Truth In Employment Act
Washington, D.C. – Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Committee, and other opponents of union “salting” campaigns made their case today at a hearing in the House Subcommittee on Workforce, Employment, and Government Programs on the topic of “Union Salting – Organizing Against Small Business.”
“Salting” occurs when professional union organizers seek employment with nonunion companies in order to organize employees or bully the employer. Once hired, they use company time to pressure coworkers into unionizing, or they sabotage company equipment and projects as a scare tactic.
If an employer knows the “salt’s” intentions and refuses to hire him, the applicant brings “unfair labor practice” charges against the company. “Salting” is currently protected under Section 8(a) of the National Labor Relations Act.
The Truth in Employment Act (H.R. 1816), introduced by Congressman Steve King (R-IA), would remedy this problem by amending the National Labor Relations Act to protect small business owners from union “salting” campaigns.
Mix testified on behalf of the many employees of small companies that have been intimidated and driven out of business by union “salts.”
He described the Truth in Employment Act as, “removing the protection of the NLRA (National Labor Relations Act) from a person who seeks a job without an honest motivation to work for the employer.”
Mix used the example of Randy Truckenbrodt to illustrate the lengths to which union “salts” will go. Within months of Truckenbrodt’s nonunion equipment rental company hiring a “salt,” the firm was hit with multiple “unfair labor practice” charges, picketed by union members, and vandalized under the guise of union “organizing” tactics.
Furthermore, Truckenbrodt’s clients were threatened with pickets and strikes unless they stopped doing business with his company. The entire ordeal ended up costing the company $600,000 in lost revenue.
“Big Labor ‘salting’ hurts all Americans. This kind of forced unionism can cost employees their jobs and cause businesses to close their doors,” Mr. Mix testified. “Our nation’s small businesses and employees deserve protection from unreasonable union tactics to force monopoly bargaining on a particular company.”
For additional information on union “salting” or the Truth in Employment Act please contact Nathan Rhea at (703) 321-9820.