This bill
strips workers of core protections, eliminating their right to a
private ballot, and allowing organizers to coerce employees into
supporting a union.
Kathy Gornik, President, THIEL Audio Products Company
"This bill strips workers of core protections, eliminating
their right to a private ballot, and allowing organizers to
coerce employees into supporting a union," said Kathy Gornik,
president of THIEL Audio Products Company, a Kentucky-based
manufacturer of audio equipment, in testimony today before the
Senate Republican Conference. "This policy is strikingly
un-American."
Highlighting CEA’s position in opposition to the "Employee
Free Choice Act," Gornik testified that the legislation would
have negative and long-lasting effects not only on her business
but also on the entire technology industry because
government-mandated business rules would stifle innovation and
competitiveness.
Gornik noted that over the last two decades, high tech has
emerged as the engine of the American economy, contributing more
than one trillion dollars a year to the economy and supporting
fifteen million jobs.
"Today, we make up the most dynamic and rapidly-evolving
industry in economic history," Gornik said. "A tech firm must be
innovative and nimble or it will not survive. Our work
environment is fluid and flexible, with firms constantly
adjusting product lines and job duties in response to new
threats and opportunities. We constantly invent new ways to
incentivize, compensate and motivate employees."
Gornik urged the Conference to focus on reasonable proposals
supporting entrepreneurs, growing jobs and getting America
moving again.
