Sign the petition: Demand Congress pass Protecting the Right to Organize (“PRO”) ACT

Congress

Working people and families in the United States deserve income security and should be able to organize their co-workers to demand living wages and healthy working conditions.

In a time when the richest Americans' wealth growth has increased by over 200% while wages remain stagnant for the rest of us. Corporations like Amazon and Google continue their relentless anti-union campaigns against workers organizing for better working conditions. We need our lawmakers to protect workers’ rights.

Anti-worker “right to work” laws remain a threat in many states and Black, brown, and Indigenous essential workers are working more high-COVID risk jobs without basic protections and benefits. It’s time for immediate action on a federal level so all workers have a fair chance at organizing their labor.

Last year, the Protecting the Right to Organize (“PRO”) Act passed in the House. On February 4, 2021, members of the House and Senate reintroduced the historical labor rights bill. We must put pressure on members to pass the PRO Act again in the House, and in the Senate, and President Biden must sign it into law.

If passed, the PRO Act would provide millions of workers across the country with additional protections to organize and collectively bargain.

More specifically, the legislation will:
  • Penalize employers that interfere with their employees’ organizing efforts,
  • Make explicitly clear that employers cannot interfere with employee unionization voting procedures,
  • Enhance support for worker strikes and boycotts, and
  • Close loopholes in federal employment and labor laws.
This legislation is an important step towards closing the gap between current unionization rates and the percentage of workers who wish to be in a union. It's time for our lawmakers to show their support for working people and families across the country.

Sign the petition: Urge your lawmakers in the House and Senate to pass the PRO Act!

Participating Organizations:
Corporate Accountability
Daily Kos
Jobs With Justice
Juggernaut Project
National Employment Law Project
People For the American Way
Progress America

To: Congress
From: [Your Name]

Working people and families in the United States deserve income security and should be able to organize their co-workers to demand living wages and healthy working conditions. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the massive income inequality between the richest and poorest in the U.S. I am counting on you to protect your constituents’ right to organize their fellow workers without fear of negative consequences by publicly supporting the Protecting the Right to Organize Act.