Closing the Legal Loophole for Union Violence: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 230 ... September 3, 1997, Volume 4 |
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Page 59 - That as to each item of relief granted greater injury will be inflicted upon complainant by the denial of relief than will be inflicted upon defendants by the granting of relief...
Page 76 - extortion' means the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right.
Page 59 - ... that it shall be an unfair labor practice to restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed by section 7.
Page 59 - recognitional" picketing only when it is employed to accomplish objectives specified in § 8(b) (4); and that § 8(b) (1) (A) is a grant of power to the Board limited to authority to proceed against union tactics involving violence, intimidation, and reprisal or threats thereof— conduct involving more than the general pressures upon persons employed by the affected employers implicit in economic strikes.
Page 84 - I would like to ask that my statement be included in the record. [The prepared statement of Senator Kennedy follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY The Judiciary Committee meets today to consider the nomination of Mr.
Page 58 - the States under our federal system have the principal responsibility for defining and prosecuting crimes." The Court endangers this allocation of responsibility for the prevention of crime when it applies to the States doctrines developed in the context of federal law enforcement, without any attention to the special problems which the States as a group or particular States may face. If the power of the...
Page 14 - It cannot be stressed enough that the coercion which unions have been permitted to exercise contrary to all principles of freedom under the law is primarily the coercion of fellow workers. Whatever true coercive power unions may be able to wield over employers is a consequence of this primary power of coercing other workers; the coercion of employers would lose most of its objectionable character if unions were deprived of this power to exact unwilling support.
Page 56 - ... of workers. For in those situations, the employer's property has been misappropriated. But the literal language of the statute will not bear the Government's semantic argument that the Hobbs Act reaches the use of violence to achieve legitimate union objectives, such as higher wages in return for genuine services which the employer seeks...
Page 55 - Federal jurisdiction over [an] offense[s] ' * * if it involves force, violence, or fear therefore [and] takes place in the course of a legitimate business or labor dispute or in pursuit of a legitimate business or labor objective.
Page 60 - Without collective bargaining, the individual worker has no voice. With collective bargaining, he or she shares with other employees an opportunity to establish orderly procedures for job security, health and welfare programs, pension benefits, wages and working conditions. As practiced in this country, collective bargaining recognizes the right of employers to disagree with workers, and the right of workers to disagree with management. Such disagreements are rare. In fact, year in and year out 98...