‘Victory for Workers!’: House Passes Landmark PRO Act to Strengthen Unions and Labor Rights
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07 Feb ‘Victory for Workers!’: House Passes Landmark PRO Act to Strengthen Unions and Labor Rights

Posted at 14:26h in AFL-CIO, Labor News, Legislative News, Organizing by

The BCTGM joins with the AFL-CIO and the entire labor movement in commending the Democrat-controlled U.S. House for taking the most significant step toward strengthening labor laws in the United States in more than 85 years.

America’s labor laws are no longer an effective means for working people to have our voices heard. The long overdue PRO Act will provide significant protections for workers exercising their legal right to form a union, a right that’s been trampled on for decades by union-busting consultants and anti-worker politicians.

In a press release following the vote, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said:

“The PRO Act is the labor movement’s number one legislative priority this year for a reason. Working people are hungry for a bill that will ensure a process for reaching a first contract once a union is recognized, prevent the misclassification of employees, protect the right to strike and so much else.

America is ready for more unions; and a happier, healthier and upwardly mobile workforce will help reverse the inequality of income, opportunity and power that is threatening our families, our communities and our democracy.”

House lawmakers voted mostly along party lines to approve the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R.2474), which passed 224–194 with 12 members not voting. See the roll call vote here.

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