This Labor Day, it is important to tell your representatives in Washington they should support laws that will make it easier for workers, public and private, to exercise their right to organize and join unions.

This includes passing laws that require the National Labor Relations Board to certify a union if a simple majority of eligible workers sign valid authorization cards, laws that will bring companies to the negotiating table, and laws that allow binding arbitration to help workers who have voted to join a union reach a first contract.

At the same time, our leaders in Washington must stand against proposals to eliminate dues checkoff procedures, roll back prevailing wage standards, abolish fair-share requirements, restrict the use of voluntary membership payments for political purposes, attack seniority, restrict due process protections, and require annual recertification efforts. They should also reject any moves to undermine President Obama’s overtime rule, which protects of millions of workers by paying them fairly for their hard work.