So last week we discovered that union reps were “allowed to accompany” OSHA regulators at non-union workplaces.
This week find that when Pennsylvania passed their set of anti-stalking laws a few years back, there was special clause inserted into the bill that exempted union activity.
Finally, someone has seen fit to try and close that loophole.
Legislation that would end an unusual loophole in Pennsylvania’s anti-stalking laws that exempts union-related activity is slowing making its way through the Republican-led statehouse. It has a good chance of getting enacted, aides say.
The Keystone State defines stalking as “following the person without proper authority, under circumstances which demonstrate either an intent to place such other person in reasonable fear of bodily injury or to cause substantial emotional distress to such other person.” Repeated, unwanted communications count as stalking, too.
But the law also states: “This section shall not apply to conduct by a party to a labor dispute.”
State Rep. Ron Miller, R-York, says it is time to scrap the exception. His bill to amend the stalking exception passed out of committee in the statehouse’s lower chamber on March 13 and is awaiting action in the upper chamber. “We are now a step closer to removing a carve-out that should never have existed,†Miller said.
Because the PA Democratic Party thinks that having the “friends” of your angry co-workers repeatedly show up at your house is “freedom”.