Executive Council Statement
The Workplace Action for a Growing Economy (WAGE) Act--an Important First Step in Restoring Workers' Right to Organize
… the nation has faced since the New Deal. At the same time, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the law designed to give workers bargaining power to win pay raises and other improvements on the job, continues to fall short. Economists and … action and make these cases a priority. Under current law, the most a worker can receive is the pay lost while out of work, minus deductions for money they could have earned in another job. As a result, employers face no real economic … the principle that workers’ rights are civil rights by giving those who are discriminated against for union activity the right to bring cases in court, just as they can under civil rights laws. Finally, the WAGE Act would hold corporate officials …