WASHINGTON — After the wave of protests that swept across college campuses last spring, Republican lawmakers have trained their focus on antisemitism in labor unions.
A congressional hearing this week, titled “Confronting Union Antisemitism,” was convened by outgoing Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), subcommittee chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, who lost his reelection bid in a contested GOP primary last month.
“For some reason many union leaders would rather double down defending a terrorist organization than focus on local worker issues,” Good said at Tuesday’s hearing referencing unions that passed resolutions deemed antisemitic.
Republicans called on several witnesses to amplify their agenda, including members of professional and student unions who say they feel powerless in addressing their concerns.
“I’ve tried to use the law as it exists and at every turn the law has failed me,” said William Sussman, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Glenn Taubman, an attorney with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, decried the influence of unions during his testimony. He told the committee it’s gotten worse since the war between Israel and Hamas.
“It is heartbreaking for me, as a Jewish American and a Zionist, to
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