- This week, the single most transformative piece of labor rights legislation in generations was reintroduced in Congress. The Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would fundamentally change the landscape of worker organizing in this country—which is why we’ll never stop fighting for its passage.
- Americans believe in the power of unions to change lives through collective bargaining. And tens of millions of working people would become union members tomorrow if they could. But our outdated, broken labor laws currently tip the scales in favor of CEOs.
- Corporations retaliate against workers for exercising our right to organize, interfere with the union election process, force staff into captive audience meetings and stall bargaining. This means that working people around the country and across industries are forced to endure abuse, unsafe workplaces, and poverty wages because bad bosses still have the upper hand.
- The core mission that has animated the labor movement for its entire history is the empowerment of working people. And that always means fighting for the contracts and legislation that furthers that aim, regardless of the political conditions. Americans want the freedom to join unions. And we’ll never stop fighting to ensure every worker can exercise that fundamental right.
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