Clara,
Perhaps you could give some background on the "American Worker at a
Crossroads Project" and on Bernard L. Hayes' area of interest and expertise.
This is, after all a Republican House subcommittee. Some of the language in
Bernard L. Hayes' invitation was, well, ambiguous:
"any government labor laws that stifle workplace practices."
I visited the project website and found the following press release from the
ranking Democratic member of the committee, William L.Clay:
Clay Calls Republican Labor Plan a $1.4 Million Boondoggle
Real agenda is a Sneak Attack on Working Americans
July 9, 1997
"I am appalled that the Republican majority has hijacked $1.4 million of
public funds to pursue a devious, fully orchestrated campaign to attack
working Americans, labor unions, and the Department of Labor. The
Republicans spent weeks hatching this plan to raid public funds, then
revealed it at the last moment on July 8th so they could have it
rubber-stamped by the House
Oversight Committee.
"Although the majority has tried to dress up their mission statement, the
real agenda is to pursue their extremist, anti-union agenda. The Republicans
are scheming to attack union dues as payback for labor union participation
in the 1996 elections. At the behest of powerful special interests, the
Republicans will try to undermine worker protections under OSHA, the
National Labor Relations Act, and the Davis Bacon Act-all at a taxpayer
expense.
"This is a blatant waste of taxpayer money by the very people who repeatedly
decry such waste. Worse, it was railroaded through in the dead of night. I
join my Democratic colleagues in warning the Republicans that we will
closely scrutinize this misuse of public funds. This shameful attempt to
harass and intimidate the Department of Labor and labor unions will fail."
Regards,
Tom Walker
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