The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act has attracted very little attention and even less scrutiny despite its authors’ aim to fundamentally alter the American workplace by giving unions and government appointees unprecedented power over employers and employees, in many cases whether the employees want a union or not.
Recent union defeats, like the failed attempt to organize an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, last spring, demonstrate how unnecessary and unwelcome unions are in most workplaces around the country. Employees everywhere have concluded they have a better understanding than union leaders about what is right for them. That is largely why 93% of employees are not represented by unions.
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