House Passes Partisan Pro-Union Bill Decried By Republicans, Business Groups Thomas Catenacci
Reporter
March 09, 2021 9:11 PM ET
The House passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a sweeping bill backed by unions and opposed by business groups, largely along party lines Tuesday evening.
“The only thing the PRO Act does is protect the $1.6 billion that unions donate to support left wing organizations,†Republican North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx said Monday.
Democrats argued that the bill’s provisions make it easier for workers to organize and protect themselves against businesses that seek to underpay or mistreat them.
The House passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, a sweeping bill backed by unions and opposed by business groups, largely along party lines late on Tuesday.
The House passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a bill that would substantially amend existing U.S. labor law, in a 225-206 vote Tuesday evening. Just five Republicans voted alongside Democrats in favor of the legislation while one Democrat voted with Republicans against it.
Republicans criticized the bill as a wishlist for union leaders and slammed Democrats for bypassing a House Education and Labor Committee markup of the bill. A vote to recommit the bill to committee failed prior to the final vote.
“The only thing the PRO Act does is protect the $1.6 billion that unions donate to support left wing organizations,†Republican North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx said during a press call Monday. “And it supports the union bosses that profit off of hardworking union workers.â€
Foxx, who is the ranking member of the House Education and Labor Committee, added that unions have pushed for the bill to stop declining union membership, which has taken place over the last 60 years. The PRO Act forces unionization of workers who don’t want to join a union or pay union dues, according to Foxx.
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