When workers organize, mobilize, and strike together we can build power and win the wages, benefits, and working conditions we need and deserve. But that can be extremely difficult when our current laws keep the balance of power tilted in favor of CEOs and the super-rich.
The problem is, when CEOs and the 1% hold so much power, our economy and laws stay rigged in favor of the wealthy. They get richer while our wages stay stagnant and our working conditions get worse. We need big change.
The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act is historic legislation that will put power in the hands of workers and reverse decades of legislation meant to crush unions. The bill will completely change labor law as we know it and shift power away from CEOs to workers. It's been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives - now we need to get it passed in the Senate.
The PRO Act Means More Power For Union Members:- Protecting strikes and other protest activities. The bill will make it illegal for employers to permanently replace striking workers and make secondary strikes and boycotts legal.
- Making it easier to bargain. The bill will eliminate obstacles for workers to get their first union contract.
- Helping strengthen protections for workers forming a union. The bill will establish compensatory damages for workers and penalties against employers when they fire or retaliate against workers for forming a union.
- Preventing the misclassification of workers as independent contractors.
- Dealing a blow to so-called “right-to-work” laws.
- And much more!
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Materials- Workplace Flyer
- Info Sheet
- Fact Sheet
- Section By Section
- Letter Template
- Social Media Toolkit
- Fact Sheet - Budget Reconciliation
- Fighting for Worker Power through Legislative and Political Engagement
- The PRO Act: What’s in It and Why Is It a Labor Movement Priority?
- Biden calls for passage of PRO Act, $15 minimum wage in joint address
- Why the US PRO Act Matters for the Right to Unionize: Questions and Answers
- Let’s be clear: Right to work is wrong. The PRO Act will wipe it off the map.
- Amazon’s Anti-Union Bullying Shows Why We Need the PRO Act