From the congressional office of U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R, SC) press release of March 22, 2022:
Senator Scott, Colleagues Introduce the Employee Rights Act of 2022
WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced the Employee Rights Act of 2022. The bill updates and modernizes the Employee Rights Act to protect independent contractors, franchisees, entrepreneurs, and anyone seeking flexible work options.
“The complexities of our modern economy demand creative, forward-thinking legislation that gives workers and small business owners stability and flexibility.
“The Democrats continue to push for legislation that prioritizes politics over people by protecting labor unions at the expense of workers. The Employee Rights Act puts workers back in the driver’s seat by giving them basic protections and the power to choose how to make a living for themselves and build a future for their families.
“I am grateful to my colleagues who are joining me in this fight to make workers’ voices heard in the halls of Congress.”
Senator Tim Scott, 3/22/22
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The Employee Rights Act of 2022 is co-sponsored by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.).
“Americans increasingly expect their careers to provide them with flexibility, freedom, and the ability to pursue their own goals, especially as we face the highest inflation rates in decades and recover from the unprecedented economic strain of the pandemic,” said Senator Burr. “It’s unfortunate Democratic politicians are attempting to reshape America’s workforce by discriminating against workers who do not wish to join a union. Instead, we should support policies that protect the successful franchise model and gig economy. This legislation does just that by modernizing our labor policies to match the needs of our evolving workforce. I’m proud to join my colleagues on this important legislation that reigns in Washington’s desire to run businesses across the nation and supports innovation and job growth for years to come.”
“When Democrats took control of the House, the Senate, and the White House, they inherited an economic rocket ship ready to take off,” said Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. “Instead, they capitulated to special interests and pushed policies that have smothered the economy. The Employee Rights Act represents the Republican vision for the future of the American workforce: allow growth and innovation among the gig economy workforce; ensure labor laws protect workers, not union bosses; and ensure that Americans take home more of the money they earn.”
“Democrats in Washington have long bowed to the demands of union bosses by prioritizing radical labor policies that harm small businesses and workers,” said Senator Thune. “I’m proud to join my colleagues in introducing this common-sense bill that would ensure workers’ rights are protected against coercion from union bosses and provide a much-needed update to labor laws so they are more reflective of the modern economy.”
Representative Rick Allen (R-Ga.), lead Republican on the Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on the House Education and Labor Committee, is introducing the companion bill in the House.
“Republicans stand with the 21st Century worker, and it’s time to ensure our labor policies do too.
“The Employee Rights Act of 2022 protects employees’ privacy, membership dues and the union election process from being abused by union bosses. It also provides all employees, independent contractors and new gig economy workers the necessary protections so they can focus solely on their jobs.
“Even though Congressional Democrats and Joe Biden have the support of big labor who wrote their wish-list into the [Protecting the Right to Organize] PRO Act, our legislation is supported by dozens of national, state and local organizations comprised of workers from across the nation.”
Congressman Rick Allen (R, GA-12), 3/22/22
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Click here to read the bill in full.
More than 60 pro-worker, pro-business groups have endorsed the Employee Rights Act. A full list is below:
Alaska Policy Forum
ALEC Action
American Business Conference
American Experiment
American Hotel & Lodging Association
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Tax Reform
Asian American Hotel Owners Association
Associated Equipment Distributors
Beacon Impact
Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce
California Business and Industrial Alliance
California Policy Center
Center for Individual Freedom
Center for Union Facts
Ceramic Tile Distributors Association
The Club for Growth
Commonwealth Foundation
Consumer Technology Association
Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
Family Business Coalition
Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association
Freedom Foundation
FreedomWorks
Goldwater Institute
Heating, Air-conditioning, & Refrigeration Distributors International
Heritage Action for America
Hispanic Leadership Fund
HR Policy Association
International Association of Plastics Distribution
Independent Bakers Association
Independent Electrical Contractors
Independent Women’s Voice
Institute for the American Worker
International Franchise Association
Job Creators Network
The John Locke Foundation
The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy
Kansas Policy Institute
The Libre Initiative
Littler Workplace Policy Institute
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Metals Service Center Institute
National Association of Electrical Distributors
National Association of Manufacturers
National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors
National Fastener Distributors Association
National Marine Distributors Association
National Ready Mix Concrete Association
National Restaurant Association
National Retail Federation
National Taxpayers Union
Nevada Policy Research Institute
National Federation of Independent Businesses
Open Competition Center
Outdoor Power Equipment and Engine Service Association
Palmetto Promise Institute
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Texas Public Policy Foundation
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
60 Plus Association
For additional information on the Employee Rights Act of 2022, read Senator Scott’s op-ed in the Wall Street Journal and visit EmployeeRightsAct.com.
RINO
Affirmative action.
Remember. This doesn’t happen at all in IL. Ask Shemp (Shake) who helped it become a reality.
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True the Vote Update: Georgia State Elections Board Approves Subpoena for Ballot Harvesting Investigation | Just the News
Action allows Secretary of State investigators to compel testimony, delivery of evidence
The Georgia Elections Board has approved a subpoena to secure evidence and testimony in an ongoing investigation into whether third-party liberal activists illegally gathered thousands of absentee ballots in the 2020 general election and a subsequent runoff that determined Democrat control of the U.S. Senate.
The vote was a major win for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who announced the investigation into alleged ballot harvesting in January and was seeking the subpoena authority to move forward with the probe.
The subpoena power will allow Raffensperger’s team to secure evidence from the election integrity group True the Vote, which filed a complaint in November saying it had acquired videotapes, a whistleblower’s admission, and cell phone location records showing what appeared to be a widespread ballot harvesting operation during the November 2020 general election and January 2021 election runoff.
The group’s complaint said surveillance camera footage showed ballot traffickers delivering stacks of ballots to drop boxes between midnight and 5AM and cell phone records showed that as many as 240 activist “mules” made these deliveries.
True the Vote also reported that a cooperating whistleblower, to whom it granted John Doe anonymity, admitted he was paid $10 for each ballot he collected and delivered and that scores of others were involved in the operation.
“John Doe described a network of non-governmental organizations that worked together to facilitate a ballot trafficking scheme in Georgia,” True the Vote wrote in its complaint. “John Doe claimed to have been one of many individuals paid to collect and deliver absentee ballots during the early voting periods of the November 2020 General Election and the January 2021 Runoff Election.”
Raffensperger, who in 2019 led an effort to update state law to explicitly outlaw harvesting, told Just the News earlier this month that his investigators want to secure the identity and cooperation of the whistleblower and to follow the money to who funded the operation.
“We need to get a subpoena for the fella who this John Doe is,” Raffensperger explained. “Was he paid? How much was he paid? And then who paid him. And we’re going to follow the money, and we’re going get to the bottom of it. And we’re going to prosecute this, if we find that there’s substance to it.”
Georgia law expressly prohibits third parties from collecting, gathering or delivering absentee ballots, except in the case of immediate relatives.
The Georgia investigation comes as other states have begun turning up evidence of ballot harvesting during the 2020 election. True the Vote is testifying before a Wisconsin election integrity committee on Thursday, March 24th at 10AM. The group says it has evidence of organized ballot trafficking operations in 6 states (Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, and Texas).
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Yea, Raffensperger is tough on crime. Stacey Abrahams tool.
True The Vote cannot grant anyone anonymity.
A case needs a corpus, otherwise it’s called an allegation.
If anything, he’s needed as a material witness.
Moe is the first of MLC(S) squad to jump in. Love it. You have those assessment receipts on Salvi’s property yet Cap’t Assessor? I didn’t think so.
Remember no cheating in the 2020 elections.
https://t.me/KanekoaTheGreat/3963
Maybe Shemp (Shake) who pushed for this in IL can explain how it improves more access for voters.
Just don’t look up how the senior senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, got the nickname “ladybugs.”
It would shock and disgust you.
Lindsey Graham doing a great job in his interviews of the Supreme Court nominee Jackson. In addition, to questions to Jackson, he has commented on the gross discrimination against Conservative judicial nominees brought before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He mentioned a superbly qualified African American conservative woman judge, who back in the Admin of the President George Bush in the 1990’s, was filibustered by the Democrats on the Committee.
There are two different methods for interviewing nominees for Judicial positions including for the Supreme Court. Civil treatment by Republican senators and reprehensible and ugly as was done by Democrat senators to Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, currently Supreme Court Justices.
Piece of garbage Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer even took to threatening two Conservative Supreme Court Justices on the stairs to the Supreme Court Building two years ago.
Lady Lindsey Graham wouldn’t last 2 minutes with Putin …. or even a baby kangaroo.