Add Your Name: Tell U.S. Senators Cornyn and Cruz to pass the PRO Act now!
Sen. Cruz, Sen. Cornyn
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The House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act last year, but anti-worker legislators in the Senate blocked it. Undeterred, working people fought to elect pro-worker lawmakers to the Senate, House and White House. And we won.
Lawmakers gave us their word they would make the PRO Act a top priority. It’s time for them to keep that promise. The House passed the PRO Act for a second time on March 9, 2021, sending the bill to the U.S. Senate.
The PRO Act is the cornerstone of the Texas AFL-CIO’s Fair Shot Agenda. If it passes, it would:
- Empower workers to organize and bargain.
- Hold corporations accountable for union-busting.
- Repeal “right to work” laws, which were created during the Jim Crow era to keep White and Black workers from organizing together.
Stronger unions mean higher wages, safer working conditions and dignity for all people who work. Passing the PRO Act will be our first step to getting there.
Use the form to add your name to tell your U.S. senators to vote “YES” on the PRO Act.
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To:
Sen. Cruz, Sen. Cornyn
From:
[Your Name]
Thanks for taking the time to read my letter. As your constituent, I urge you to pass the PRO Act.
The PRO Act would:
• Empower workers to organize and bargain.
• Hold corporations accountable for union-busting.
• Repeal “right to work” laws, which were created during the Jim Crow era to keep White and Black workers from organizing together.
As COVID-19 raged through our state from 2020 well into 2021 something was underscored—how urgently we need labor law reform.
Under current law, the penalties against employers who illegally fire or retaliate against workers who are trying to form a union are a drop in the bucket. As a result, employers routinely retaliate against pro-union workers, because they know it will undermine the organizing campaign and they will face no real consequences. To them, it’s simply the cost of doing business.
For the first time in modern history, however, we have the chance to turn this around. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would hold employers accountable and institute civil penalties for violations of the law, including back pay and damages.
Stronger unions mean higher wages, safer working conditions and dignity for all people who work. Passing the PRO Act will be our first step to getting there.
Sincerely,