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US Labour Secretary opposes bill to end slowdowns during contract talks
US Labour Secretary Thomas Perez opposes a Senate bill that would give the state governments the power to stop union work slowdowns because the collective bargain process works well as it is, Bloomberg reports.
"The collective bargaining process works," Mr Perez told a press conference. "The most important thing we can do is to help with investments in infrastructure so that we can compete with the rest of the world."
The February settlement of a labour dispute that almost paralysed west coast ports shows contract negotiations work and new laws aren't needed, he said.
Republican Senators Cory Gardner of Colorado and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee are sponsoring a bill that would give governors, not just the president, the power to invoke federal labour law to force a resolution to port contract disputes.
It also would clarify that labour slowdowns, not just strikes and lockouts, would be cause for the government to intervene.
The bill is backed by the US Chamber of Commerce and the National Retail Federation. As the impasse choked the flow of imports and exports last year and early this year, the retail lobby said a relatively small union wielded disproportionate power to disrupt the economy through slowdowns and other actions.
"The collective bargaining process works," Mr Perez told a press conference. "The most important thing we can do is to help with investments in infrastructure so that we can compete with the rest of the world."
The February settlement of a labour dispute that almost paralysed west coast ports shows contract negotiations work and new laws aren't needed, he said.
Republican Senators Cory Gardner of Colorado and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee are sponsoring a bill that would give governors, not just the president, the power to invoke federal labour law to force a resolution to port contract disputes.
It also would clarify that labour slowdowns, not just strikes and lockouts, would be cause for the government to intervene.
The bill is backed by the US Chamber of Commerce and the National Retail Federation. As the impasse choked the flow of imports and exports last year and early this year, the retail lobby said a relatively small union wielded disproportionate power to disrupt the economy through slowdowns and other actions.
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