Tennessee: Group Critical of SEIU Remarks
According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press:
A Washington, D.C., group on Friday criticized the Service Employees International Union over statements that the union would support legislation that would allow collective bargaining for local government employees in Tennessee if the issue arises.
"When states cave and force collective bargaining, everyone loses," said Brian Johnson, policy director of the Alliance for Worker Freedom, in a statement.
Mr. Johnson's group "works to raise awareness of abuses by labor unions," according to its Web site.
"Collective bargaining is nothing more than a vehicle used by the union bosses to hold state budgets hostage," Mr. Johnson is quoted as saying.
Mark Naccarato, a spokesman for SEIU Local 205, which represents a number of public employees in Hamilton County, dismissed the group's statement.
"The Alliance for Worker Freedom looks to be an anti-union think tank," he said. "I don't put much faith in what they say."
Mr. Naccarato said the SEIU would support legislation that would allow collective bargaining in Tennessee, but only if a bill comes up in the General Assembly...click to continue.
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