Stop The PRO Act
Unions and their allies are promoting a bill that would destabilize America’s workplaces and impose a long list of dangerous changes to labor law.
A proposal, called the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (S. 420/H.R. 842), is a litany of almost every failed idea from the past 30 years of labor policy.
The PRO Act would undermine worker rights, ensnare employers in unrelated labor disputes, disrupt the economy, and force individual Americans to pay union dues regardless of their wishes.
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March 4, 202 1 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi The Honorable Kevin McCarthySpeaker Minority LeaderU.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of RepresentativesH-222, U.S. Capitol H-204, U.S. CapitolWashington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader McCarthy :
March 8, 2021 Congressman Ami Bera2201 Longworth Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515 Sent via email Dear Representative Ami Bera: On behalf of the California Chamber of Commerce, I would like to thank you for not co-sponsoring H.R. 842, the “Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act,” and urge you to vote NO on this legislation that would be harmful for California’s economy.
March 8, 2021 Congressman Scott Peters2201 Longworth Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515 Sent via email Dear Representative Scott Peters: On behalf of the California Chamber of Commerce, I would like to thank you for not co-sponsoring H.R. 842, the “Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act,” and urge you to vote NO on this legislation that would be harmful for California’s economy.
March 8, 202 1 Florida Congressional Delegation RE: Chambers of Commerce Urge You to Vote No on H.R. 842, the “Protecting the Right toOrganize (PRO) Act ” Dear Members of Florida’s Congressional Delegation: The undersigned Chamber s of Commerce representing jobs creators and local businesses from acrossFlorida, write to urge you to vote NO on H.R. 842, the “Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act ,” andto oppose the harmful impacts that this legislation would have on Florida’s economy.
March 4, 2021Dear Representative Lucy McBath,On behalf of the Dunwoody Perimeter Chamber, I would like to thank you for not cosponsoring the H.R. 842, the “Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act,” and urge you to vote NO on this legislation that would be harmful for the economy.
March 5, 2021Dear Members of the Virginia Congressional Delegation:On behalf of the approximately 225,000 employers in the Commonwealth concerned with the rights of their employees, the fragile economy, and the need for balance in federal labor law, the undersigned chambers of commerce write to express our opposition to the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.
This Key Vote Alert! letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, opposing H.R. 842, the "Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO) Act."
As the economy continues on the path of a K-shaped recovery, Congress should be pursuing policies that will elevate businesses and workers on the bottom part of that K. Instead, Democrats are pushing legislation designed to help their friends in organized labor and cause more damage. This legislation is called The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, but there is nothing positive about it.
This Key Vote Alert! letter was sent to the Members of the United States Senate, on the Parliamentarian's decisions during this Congress.
Today, Senate HELP Chair Patty Murray and House Education and Labor Chair Bobby Scott (D-Va.) reintroduced the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act). The legislation, which claims to be pro-worker, would force employees to pay union dues regardless of whether they support a union, threaten private ballots in union elections, and strip workers of their independent contractor classification. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Senior Vice President of the Employment Policy Division, Glenn Spencer, issued the following statement after today's reintroduction...
