Cindy Carr, or cindy.carr@sierraclub.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Democrats are holding the first hearing on the recently introduced Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. The PRO Act -- led by Representatives Scott, Wilson, Levin, Jayapal, and Boyle, and Senators Murray, Brown, and Rosen -- seeks to strengthen protections for workers to organize and bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions. The PRO Act is the biggest proposed overhaul of the National Labor Relations Act in over 70 years.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
"The Sierra Club applauds Democratic leadership in Congress for prioritizing the needs of working families by pushing to strengthen the bedrock safeguards that protect unions. Strong unions have and will continue to be synonymous with a strong American middle class and a stable economy, and the Sierra Club is proud to rise in solidarity with our brothers and sisters across the movement in support of this bill.”
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