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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 1417023" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>The Democrats had control of both houses with a Democrat President for two years. The "Express Employees Relief Act" was an attachment to the FAA bill that would have put us under the NLRA, gotten us away from the Railroad Labor Act, and allowed us to vote for a union by location instead of a national vote. Our company contributed millions to Democrat campaign funds and the Democrats kept delaying the vote on the FAA bill. End result was the Republicans took over the House in 2010 election, and not only removed the attachment but got a compromise with Democrats that required a 50% signing of union cards to force a national vote instead of the then 35% requirement. Democrats agreed, FAA bill got finally passed, and Teamsters walked away from us because under these conditions it's impossible to get a national vote. We have too many employees who are content with their pay and leery of unions. It's not the cowardice of the members of this forum that's holding us back, WE are the ones who actively talked with coworkers before 2010. No matter what you think you just aren't aware of the hurdles put in place by anti-union forces that we can't legally overcome. I'm too old to give a damn anymore, it'll have to come from younger people if it ever happens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 1417023, member: 24302"] The Democrats had control of both houses with a Democrat President for two years. The "Express Employees Relief Act" was an attachment to the FAA bill that would have put us under the NLRA, gotten us away from the Railroad Labor Act, and allowed us to vote for a union by location instead of a national vote. Our company contributed millions to Democrat campaign funds and the Democrats kept delaying the vote on the FAA bill. End result was the Republicans took over the House in 2010 election, and not only removed the attachment but got a compromise with Democrats that required a 50% signing of union cards to force a national vote instead of the then 35% requirement. Democrats agreed, FAA bill got finally passed, and Teamsters walked away from us because under these conditions it's impossible to get a national vote. We have too many employees who are content with their pay and leery of unions. It's not the cowardice of the members of this forum that's holding us back, WE are the ones who actively talked with coworkers before 2010. No matter what you think you just aren't aware of the hurdles put in place by anti-union forces that we can't legally overcome. I'm too old to give a damn anymore, it'll have to come from younger people if it ever happens. [/QUOTE]
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