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Kevin Hern on Jobs
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To maintain historically low unemployment, vote Republican
With only a few days until Tuesday's election, the latest jobs report shows why maintaining a Republican Congress is so vital:
250,000 new jobs, 3.1% wage growth, and historically low unemployment. It's vital we show up and vote to keep this going!
Source: Facebook posting on 2018 SD-0 House race
, Nov 2, 2018
No livable income; remove incentives of unemployment
Q: It is the government's responsibility to be sure everyone has a livable income.A: Strongly Disagree
Q: What is the best way to bring down unemployment?
A: I believe that the only route to repairing America's economy is to cut spending and regulations. With increased economic growth and lower taxes, we will see the necessary decrease in unemployment rates.
Also, we must remove the incentives of unemployment, and
Congress needs to enact work requirements for welfare recipients that were established in the 1996 Welfare reforms.
Source: Heritage Alliance iVoterGuide on 2018 House OK-1 race
, Sep 9, 2018
Keep Right-to-Work laws.
Hern voted NAY PRO Act
H.R.842 & S.420: Protecting the Right to Organize Act: This bill expands various labor protections related to employees' rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace:
- revises the definitions of employee, supervisor, and employer to broaden the scope of individuals covered by the fair labor standards;
- permits labor organizations to encourage participation of union members in strikes initiated by employees represented by a different labor organization (i.e., secondary strikes); and
- prohibits employers from bringing claims against unions that conduct such secondary strikes.
The bill also allows collective bargaining agreements to require all employees represented by the bargaining unit to contribute fees to the labor organization for the cost of such representation.Biden Administration in SUPPORT: The Administration strongly supports The PRO Act. America was not built by Wall Street. It was built by the middle class,
and unions built the middle class. Unions put power in the hands of workers. H.R. 842 would strengthen and protect workers' right to form a union by assessing penalties on employers who violate workers' right to organize.
Rep. Mo Brooks in OPPOSITION: H.R. 842 [is] a radical union bill that tramples the rights of citizens by forcing them to enter into union servitude, including:
- Overturns right-to-work laws in 27 states, thereby forcing citizens, against their will, to pay millions of dollars in dues to labor unions.
- Denies citizens' rights to vote by secret ballot on whether to join a union by imposing a biased "card-check" scheme.
- Deprives individuals of entrepreneurial opportunities. The PRO Act would eliminate the franchise industry and sharing economy as we know them.
Legislative Outcome:Passed House 222-204-4 (Rollcall 82) on 03/09/2021; received and read in the Senate on 3/23; no further Senate action during 2021.
Source: Congressional vote 21-HR842 on Feb 4, 2021
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