Tag: PRO Act
OPINION: Why do we need the PRO Act?
By DAVID KASS
Executive Director, Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
As workers organize across the country for fair pay, benefits, and scheduling, greedy corporations are...
YOUR LETTERS: PRO Act would finally crack down on the illegal...
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s feeble attempt before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) to deny the atrocious union-busting the...
YOUR LETTERS: Why the PRO Act?
Before I enlisted during the Vietnam War, I was a proud UAW member working at Caterpillar alongside my Navy veteran dad, who was also...
OPINION: A century after the Battle of Blair Mountain, protecting workers’...
By DAVE KEMPER
One hundred years ago last week, in the late summer of 1921, at least 7,000 West Virginia coal miners affiliated with the...
In final speech to union members, Trumka said Labor is fighting...
By MARK GRUENBERG
PAI Staff Writer
Las Vegas (PAI) — In what turned out to be his final address to a union crowd, the late AFL-CIO...
Poll finds majority of voters support the PRO Act
The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act seems unlikely to succeed in the Senate without filibuster reform due to a lack of Republican...
YOUR LETTERS: Supporting unions with the PRO Act
Like so many Americans, I want to grow our economy the best we can.
This means investing in clean energy, funding for roads and bridges,...
AFL-CIO calls on Congress to prioritize passage of the PRO Act
A generational opportunity and cornerstone of the AFL-CIO’s Workers First Agenda
Jefferson City –The PRO Act motivated union members this past election cycle to mobilize...
OPINION: Let’s be clear: ‘Right-to-work’ is wrong. The PRO Act will...
By JAKE HUMMEL
President
Missouri AFL-CIO
Nearly 60 million people say they would join a union today if they could. The problem? Union-busters, greedy CEOs, and woefully...
OPINION: It’s time for the Democrats to deliver for workers. Fighting...
By JIM WILLIAMS, JR.
General Vice President
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
The last four years have represented a pivotal moment for Organized Labor. My...