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National Grassroots Group Targets Chairman Boehner to Persuade Him to Bring Right to Work to a Vote
National outrage of union religious discrimination started under the Ohio Congressman’s nose.
FOR RELEASE: May 28, 2002
Hamilton, Ohio (May 28, 2002) – Starting this week, the 2.2 million member National Right to Work Committee® will mobilize its national grassroots to call upon Congressman John Boehner, Chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, to schedule a vote on the National Right to Work Act (H.R. 1109).
The National Right to Work Committee®’s announcement comes on the heels of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigator’s nationally publicized finding that the National Education Association (NEA) union is systematically discriminating against religious objectors. An Ohio teacher originally brought the case because he labors under compulsory unionism, a condition that requires employees to pay union dues just to get or keep a job.
“If Chairman Boehner is serious about reining in union abuse, he must schedule, without delay, a vote on the National Right to Work Act,” said Mark Mix, Executive Vice President of the National Right to Work Committee®. “Ending compulsory unionism is the only way to ensure that employees’ rights are protected.
The EEOC made the determination against the NEA union on the basis of a case brought by Ohio teacher Dennis Robey, who, with the help of National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, brought charges against the NEA and its local affiliates after they refused to honor his religious objection to supporting the union because it promotes pro-abortion, pro-homosexuality positions and constantly attempts to interfere with parental rights.
During the 1999-2000 school year, Ohio union officials rebuffed Robey’s longstanding objection and demanded that every year he must describe, in detail, his deeply held religious views, fill out a lengthy and invasive form, and file it with the union. On the form, union officials asked probing personal questions about his relationship with God, his “religious affiliation,” and required him to obtain a signature from a “religious official” attesting to the validity of his beliefs.
“The only way to help employees like Dennis Robey is to make union membership 100 percent voluntary,” said Mix. “Chairman Boehner has the power to fix this problem by scheduling a vote on the National Right to Work Act. He only needs the courage to follow through on his past promises.”
Although Congressman Boehner has been a co-sponsor of the legislation in previous Congresses, he has blocked a committee vote on H.R. 1109. The legislation is supported by a majority of members of his committee and 80 percent of the American people.