Working class and middle class 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, we need our lawmakers to protect workers’ rights.

That’s why, on May 2, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA-3) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize (“PRO”) Act in the U.S. House and Senate. 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: Demand that our lawmakers pass the PRO Act!

Participating Organizations:
AFL-CIO
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)
Climate Hawks Vote
Courage Campaign
CREDO Action
Daily Kos
Economic Policy Institute (EPI) Policy Center
Friends of the Earth Action
National Employment Law Project
People For the American Way
Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch