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Statement Regarding 8th District Ad Campaign
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Statement Regarding 8th District Ad Campaign
By Doug Stafford, Director of Membership, NRTWC
Thank you for coming today. I have a brief statement, after which I’ll unveil the National Right to Work Committee®’s new TV ad for the 8th District, and then I’ll take your questions.
This new 60-second ad calls on Congressman John Boehner to honor the campaign pledge he made to cosponsor and seek roll-call votes on the National Right to Work Act.
The National Right to Work Act, as I’ve outlined on the Fact Sheet provided, would end forced unionism nationwide by removing the provisions in federal law that authorize labor union officials to confiscate union dues and fees from workers as a condition of employment.
According to Department of Labor statistics, more than 8 million workers nationwide labor under contracts that require them to pay union dues or fees, or be fired.
Nearly 80% of Americans oppose forced unionism, yet federal law authorizes union officials to force nearly 880,000 workers in this state to submit to unwanted monopoly “representation” by union officials. These workers are stripped of their rights to negotiate with their own employers, and must pay for so-called “representation” they don’t want and didn’t ask for.
Congress created this federally-mandated forced-unionism . . . and only Congress can end it once and for all.
While he ran for Congress, John Boehner vowed his opposition to compulsory unionism. He told the people in his district that he, like them, wanted to see it stopped. He signed a pledge to “cosponsor and seek roll-call votes on” a National Right to Work act to end forced unionism once and for all, if elected. I’ve enclosed a copy of that pledge with your materials today.
Frankly, I’m baffled as to why Congressman Boehner hasn’t kept the promise he made to his constituents.
Congressman Boehner chairs the House Education and the Workforce Committee where the bill is currently pending. In order for this bill, which he says he supports, to go to the floor of the House for a first-in-history vote, Mr. Boehner must act.
Only if Congress holds the first-ever House vote on the National Right to Work Act can we finally expose the politicians’ views on this important issue.
Based on what individual Congressmen and their staffs have told us, we have exactly the 25 votes needed to pass this bill out of Mr. Boehner’s Committee and onto the floor of the House for a vote.
It’s time for Congressman Boehner to allow this crucial reform to move forward so the American people can finally see once and for all which of their Congressmen will stand with them in the fight against forced unionism.
The 2.2 million grassroots supporters that make up the National Right to Work Committee® cannot and will not allow their representatives to ignore their promises to end forced unionism by passing a National Right to Work act.
That’s why we have launched a national media campaign calling on several Congressmen to follow through on their public vows to support the National Right to Work Act.
Only the politicians themselves know why they have failed to keep the promises they made to the people they represent.
Perhaps they are afraid of Organized Labor’s billion-dollar political machine.
But they need to remember that voters, not dollars, are what put them into office . . . and what will ultimately keep them there, or not. They should be much more alarmed at the thought of facing outraged Right to Work supporters and trying to explain away their broken promises.
The nearly 80% of Ohioans who support the Right to Work issue have the power to decide who represents them on Capitol Hill as a Congressman or Senator, and they have shown time and again that they prefer representatives who oppose forced unionism –- and keep their word.
The television ad I’m about to show you will run district-wide starting next week, and will remind the people of the 8th District that their Right to Work is at stake for as long as politicians are allowed to break their promises and stand on the sidelines of our battle to end forced unionism.