Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) on GOP's FAA Reauthorization bill - job-killing AND union-busting

[highplainsdem]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-jim-mcgovern/gop-bill-destroys-jobs-of_b_843224.html

Yes, that's a HuffPo link, but it was the first one that turned up when I tried to check this out after seeing another topic on the GOP slashing funding for the FAA, one that didn't mention the union-busting element Rep. McGovern refers to.

Rep. Jim McGovern
Congressman of MA-3

GOP Bill Destroys Jobs; Offers Disturbing Standards for Workers' Voting Rights
Posted: 03/31/11 03:39 PM ET

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H.R. 658 cuts almost $2 billion from the Airport Improvement Program, which provides grants to airports for constructing and improving runways and terminals.

This provision alone will cost us 70,000 jobs over the course of this four-year reauthorization period.

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The bill would reverse a National Mediation Board rule that allows a majority of those voting in aviation and rail union elections to decide the outcome.

Instead, Tea Party extremists want to count workers who chose not to vote as automatic "no's" against the union.

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[highplainsdem]

1. Reuters: Obama threatens veto of FAA bill over labor provision

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/31/us-obama-faa-idUSTRE72T7SD20110331

[szoback]

2. At Congressman McGovern's website

Here's the full post from Congressman McGovern's site:

http://mcgovern.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=15§iontree=168,15&itemid=480