Anti-Sailing Legislation Tastes Defeat In Senate

Nation's Business, Nov 1, 1998 by David Warner

Legislation that would have permitted employers to refuse to hire labor-union organizers-the so-called anti-salting bill- was killed in the Senate in September.

In the tactic known as salting, union members get jobs at nonunion businesses and work from the inside to organize workers. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the tactic.

The measure died after Senate backers failed to gather the 60 votes required to cut off debate and bring the bill to a vote. The vote was 52-42. The House had passed the measure 202-200 earlier this year.