Dems defeat anti-union amendment targeting D.C. labor

An attempt to drag the District of Columbia into a politically motivated attack on organized labor has been defeated. Congressman Ralph Norman (R-SC) had proposed an amendment modeled after the Freedom from Union Violence Act of 2019, would single out D.C. and make it a special federal crime to engage in violence during a labor dispute solely within the District, but would not include the states. House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) defeated the amendment, which Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) noted “directly attacks D.C. union workers and self-government.” AFSCME Council 20 president Andrew Washington thanked McGovern, Norton and the Democratic-led House of Representatives “for defending DC workers and standing up to conservatives trying to weaken the working class."