{"id":561447,"date":"2023-03-09T00:28:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T21:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/shut-your-mouth-gop-senator-clashes-with-union-leader-during-hearing\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T00:28:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T21:28:47","slug":"shut-your-mouth-gop-senator-clashes-with-union-leader-during-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shut-your-mouth-gop-senator-clashes-with-union-leader-during-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Shut your mouth\u2019: GOP senator clashes with union leader during hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e8d0f05e3d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e8d0f05e3d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shut-your-mouth-gop-senator-clashes-with-union-leader-during-hearing\/#%E2%80%98Shut_your_mouth_GOP_senator_clashes_with_union_leader_during_hearing\" >\u2018Shut your mouth\u2019: GOP senator clashes with union leader during hearing<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Shut_your_mouth_GOP_senator_clashes_with_union_leader_during_hearing\"><\/span>\u2018Shut your mouth\u2019: GOP senator clashes with union leader during hearing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mullinmarkwayne_111622gn_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Teamsters President Sean O\u2019Brien got into a heated argument with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) during a Wednesday Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on union busting tactics.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien told Mullin he was \u201cout of line\u201d after the GOP senator said that the union leader was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WmMrHnn9DK8?t=2973\">\u201csucking the paycheck\u201d<\/a> out of workers to earn his salary, which was roughly $193,000 in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t tell me I\u2019m out of line,\u201d Mullin responded. \u201cYou need to shut your mouth.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mullin, who owned non-union plumbing companies before selling his majority stakes in 2021, accused union leaders of engaging in intimidation tactics in an effort to unionize his company so they could pay themselves \u201cexorbitant\u201d salaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hold greedy CEOs like yourself accountable,\u201d O\u2019Brien responded. \u201cYou want to attack my salary, I\u2019ll attack yours. What did you make when you owned your company?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mullin\u2014who had a net worth ranging between $31.6 million and $75.6 million in 2020, according to personal financial disclosures analyzed by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tulsaworld.com\/news\/local\/mullins-and-herns-net-worth-jump-with-sale-of-businesses\/article_8be47a40-3e7a-11ed-97ba-fbb2aa7c3285.html\">Oklahoma newspaper Tulsa World<\/a>\u2014said that he kept his salary to around $50,000 to invest more money into his company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou mean you hid money,\u201d O\u2019Brien said, prompting visible outrage from Mullin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mullin finished his remarks by stating that he\u2019s \u201cnot anti-union\u201d but believes that workers shouldn\u2019t have to pay union dues if they don\u2019t want to.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In 2013, the Office of Congressional Ethics <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ethics.house.gov\/sites\/ethics.house.gov\/files\/documents\/OCE%20Report%20Rep%20Mullin.pdf\">alleged<\/a> that then-Rep. Mullin received over $600,000 in outside income from its companies, well above the congressional limit. The House Ethics Committee closed its investigation into Mullin in 2018 and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/CRPT-115hrpt898\/pdf\/CRPT-115hrpt898.pdf\">ordered him<\/a> to repay $40,000 to one of his businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s hearing, hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the committee\u2019s chairman, focused on anti-union tactics by large companies such as Starbucks, whose CEO Howard Schultz recently agreed to testify before the committee later this month after a subpoena threat from Sanders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. 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