Executive Council Statement
Make Labor Law Reform a Priority in 2020
… reform as the most important public policy challenge facing our nation. For too long, politicians have paid lip service to the labor movement’s demand that Congress modernize and strengthen the laws protecting our freedom to join together and … law reform. In the spring of 2019, Rep. Bobby Scott (Va.) and Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.) introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 2474, S. 1306), landmark legislation that modernizes the National Labor Relations Act and … to exercise their freedom to organize and bargain. The PRO Act stiffens penalties for employer violations, ends “right to work” laws and guarantees bargaining rights for working people who are misclassified as independent contractors. It also …