WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) in reintroducing the National Right to Work Act to preserve and protect the rights of individual employees to choose whether or not to form, join, or assist labor organized unions.
Sen. Tuberville cosponsored this legislation last Congress.
“No one should be peer pressured or forced to join a union,” said Sen. Tuberville.“That may work in some states, but not in Alabama. Alabama workers should have the freedom to do what is best for them and their families. I’m proud to partner with Sen. Paul to stand up for Alabama’s Right-to-Work laws.”
“The National Right to Work Act ensures all American workers have the ability to choose to refrain from joining or paying dues to a union as a condition for employment,” said Sen. Paul. “Kentucky and 26 other states have already passed Right-to-Work laws. It’s time for the federal government to follow their lead.”
Joining U.S. Senators Tuberville and Paul are U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Katie Britt (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Thom Tillis (R-NC).
Read full text of the legislation here.
BACKGROUND:
Alabama is one of 28 Right-to-Work states that have enacted laws to protect employees from forced union membership. Sen. Tuberville has long advocated to put more power in the people’s hands, not the federal government. This legislation does not add to existing federal law but instead deletes existing federal forced unionism provisions.
The National Right to Work Act repeals six statutory provisions that allow private-sector workers and airline and railroad employees to be fired if they don’t surrender part of their paychecks to a union. Sens. Tuberville and Paul’s legislation will put bargaining power back where it belongs: in the hands of the American workers.
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP, and Aging Committees.
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