The United Steelworkers (USW) today denounced efforts by extremists on the New Hampshire House of Representatives Finance Committee who have introduced an amendment to the state budget that would effectively strip the state’s public employees of their right to bargain collectively.

“These attacks on middle class workers and their families in New Hampshire and elsewhere are motivated by the same extremist political agenda that rewards the greed of failed corporations with billions of dollars in bailouts and tax cuts for the ultra-rich and their country club conservative colleagues,” said USW International President Leo W. Gerard.

“Working people are already struggling to get by, working hard and often sacrificing for the greater good,” Gerard said. “Now, the CEOs and the politicians they supported in the recent elections seek to cut wages, weaken pensions and reduce health benefits adding to unfairness and undermining democracy ... more