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The Importance of the PRO Act

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We need to understand just what the PRO Act would do and why it would be such a critical piece of legislation:

In addition to overriding state right-to-work laws, the bill takes a number of other measures to strengthen unions, including:

  • It would authorize “meaningful” penalties for companies and executives for violating workers’ rights, and allow the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to assess monetary penalties for each violation.
  • If a company is retaliating against an employee, the bill would requires the NLRB to immediately seek an injunction to reinstate the employee while their case is pending. The bill gives the NLRB power to enforce its own rulings, rather than waiting for a decision from the Court of Appeals.
  • The bill would prohibit employers from requiring workers to attend so-called “captive audience meetings,” where the employer attempts to dissuade employees from voting to unionize.
  • The bill facilitates first contracts between companies and newly certified unions by requiring mediation and arbitration to settle disputes.
  • The bill would implement an “ABC test” to determine whether independent contractors or freelance workers can be considered full-time employees. While that has caused some fear that this legislation could hurt freelance journalists or gig workers, Democratic aides say the bill won’t limit someone’s ability to freelance or contract with a company but will simply give them the option to collectively bargain along with regular employees.

Put it this way–this would be the most important pro-labor law passed by Congress since the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938. It’s among the most important reasons that we need to gut the filibuster.

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