I’m disgusted that Arizona Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl voted against the Franken Amendment. The Franken amendment was very simple, clear, and quite fair: Haliburton, or subsidiaries, (and any other similar contractors) would receive no federal funds if they require employees or subcontractors to sign mandatory arbitration clauses (e.g. sign away their right to bring their case before a court). This is quite reasonable given Haliburton and its subsidiaries problems with employees being raped, assaulted, discrimination, and otherwise harassed by their co-workers and employers and then being denied justice or evn a hint of impartial review.
Amen and amen. Seriously.
This isn’t even saying you have to force those companies to not have binding arbitration, it’s just saying if you do, you won’t get a government contract.
Simple.
And yet here we are with the “Maverick” of the Senate protecting at least one government contractor with a speckled history.
Sorry. I just don’t get it either.