2012 Candidate Questionnaire
1. If elected, will you co-sponsor and seek roll call votes on legislation to repeal the provisions in Federal laws which authorize compulsory Union dues?
Phil Jennerjahn: Yes. I believe these laws are unconstitutional because they violate a persons individual freedom of association. Workers should be free to have a union, but they should also be free to choose to not be involved.
2. Will you support repeal of existing Federal laws which force employees to accept a union as their exclusive representative against their will?
Phil Jennerjahn: Yes, absolutely. Part of the problem with having elected union leaders is that they can be corrupted and start working for things that are not in the union members best interests. Workers should be free to walk away from these situations.
3. Do you favor preservation of Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, which authorizes states Right to Work laws?
Phil Jennerjahn: Yes. The situation with Boeing in South Carolina shows us how dangerous it is when the Federal Government starts meddling on behalf of unionized, (and Democratic voting) workers.
4. If elected, will you co-sponsor and seek roll call votes on legislation to end union officials special immunity from prosecution presently enjoyed under the Federal Hobbs Anti-Extortion Statute?
Phil Jennerjahn: Yes. I am opposed to Union coercion, and the idea that they could extort and threaten others without punishment is very un-American.
5. Will you oppose the forced Unionization of Federal, State, County, and municipal employees?
Phil Jennerjahn: Yes. I have always felt that government unions were illegal. A union exists to protect a worker from potential abuses by an employer. These government workers are employed by the taxpayers, who are not abusing them at all! They often use extortion to get what they want, which is wrong. If they don't like their job, they can always walk away and find employment in the private sector.
6. Will you oppose any revisions to Federal Labor law which impose new penalties on employers who resist attempts by union officials to impose compulsory unionism on their employees?
Phil Jennerjahn: Yes. Any behaviors by unions that reek of extortion or thuggery should not be tolerated.
7. Will you oppose legislation that seeks to impose a so-called "card check" procedure as a means of unionizing employees?
Phil Jennerjahn: Yes. I believe these laws are unconstitutional because they violate a persons individual freedom of association. Workers should be free to have a union, but they should also be free to choose to not be involved.
8. Will you oppose all implementation of union-only "Project Labor Agreements" which deny non-union contractors and their employees the the freedom to bid on government projects?
Phil Jennerjahn: Yes! Absolutely! I have always felt that government is inefficient and cumbersome due to bureaucracy. I will propose the privatization of almost all government activities in order to receive a better bargain for the taxpayers and eliminate the current fraud, waste, and abuse that is so prevalent in government contracts.
9. Will you oppose Federal legislation that seeks to establish or mandate union monopoly government bargaining standards on all State and local police officers as well as firefighters?
Phil Jennerjahn: Yes! We have a huge problem here in California with public service personnel and their extreme pensions, which are bankrupting the State. These pensions were, naturally, negotiated by the unions against the best interests of the taxpayers.
