41 'nuimday, AprU 7, 1OT7 - MIRROR HRRai n- p, 7b By Congreaunaii James T. BroyfaUI Last week, the House of R^iresentatlves shocked the majority leadership Conunon Site Picket Bill Unwise Legislation and leaders of organised labor by defeating the highly controversial com mon site picketing bill. The vote was a surprising 217 to 200 set-back for legislation which had been listed as organized labor’s number one legislative objective. I Joined with those who voted to defeat this unwise piece of legislation.. The common site picketing blU, If passed, would have allowed a single building trade union to close down an entire construction site If the union had a dispute with only one subcontractor. For example, carpenters who had a dispute with one of the construction project's subcontractors could picket the construc tion site and prevent plumbers, electricians and bricklayers from working. 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The result would have been that few contractors would run the risk of hiring a subcontractor who used non-union labor. The contractor would Justi fiably be afraid that If he did so, the total construc tion alte could be closed down. The effect would therefore be that non-union construction workers would be unable to find work simply because they chose not to Join a union. I believe every worker has the right to Join a union and be represented con tract negotlatlona by the union If he or she choosea to. I also believe that every woricer haa the right not to Join a union. No American worker should have to fear being unable to find a Job, Just because he or she chooaea not to become a member of a union. Broad public support for common site picketing leglalatlon haa been noticeable absent this year. Even rank and file construction union members showed little enttiualaam for thla bill. The support for thla legislation came almoat solely from certain national union leaders wheae obvious goal waa to compel woricera to Join unions against their wills. Thla bill would have provided no wage In- creaaea or fringe benefits for rank and file union members, Jiut more power ftr union bosses. In March of this year, the Influential and nationally-known Roper polling organization con ducted a nationwide poll asking a random sampling of the American public whether or not a alngle union should be able to close down a construction site. The poll results showed that 77 percent of the American people were against the concept of this bill. Despite thla strong public sentiment, the liberal majority leaderahlp worked tirelessly to pass the bill, over the objectlona of thoae of us In the minority and those more conservative membera of the majority party. President Carter had made It clear to labor leaders during hla cam paign that he would sign thla bill If Congress passed it. Last year, similar legislation narrowly paaaed the Congress, but President Ford vetoed It. President Carter’s Secretary of Labor, Ray Marahall, had teatlfled In favor of the bill. However, deeplte mild Ad- mtnlatratlon support and heavy union lobbying a majority In Congreas reaponded to the public wUl and rejected this unwise leglelatlon. I believe the defeat of thla bill la a clear victory for the American worker and consumer. It was a victory against com pulsory unionism and runaway Infiatlan In the conetnictlon Industry. But meet at all. It was a ringing defeat for the majority leadership In Congress, which had tried once again, as bi the case at the Congressional pay in crease, to Ignore the wUl of the American people. Last Wednesday night, the House of Repreaan- taUvee reatored a lot of people a’ confldenea In representative govern ment PI

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