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NLPC'S Boehm Testifies on Beck Legislation
"If First Amendment rights and deterring financial corruption are not
worker rights worth protecting with legislation, what are?" asked Nat'l
Legal & Pol'y Ctr. Chairman Ken Boehm in his Nov. 14 testimony before
the Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education
& the Workforce. Boehm was one several panelists asked to discuss how
Congress, the Dep't of Labor, and the Nat'l Labor Relations Board could
better enforce employees Beck rights: the right to refrain from paying
for unions' non-core activities such as politics. Boehm illustrated how
strengthening existing union corruption statutes would help impose more
accountability on unions to refund accurate amounts to employees under
the 1988 Supreme Court's CWA v. Beck decision. Boehm's
testimony is available at http://www.nlpc.org/olap/congress/011114.
Subcommittee Chairman Charlie Norwood (R-Ga.) grilled NLRB Gen. Counsel Arthur F. Rosenfeld (R) about NLRB's dismal performance on Beck issues. Norwood vowed to step up oversight over NLRB on Beck issues and intends to crusade for legislation to improve enforcement of Beck.
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