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Business and labor groups battle over PRO Act
Business groups and unions are going head-to-head over the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, a Democrat-backed bill that would enact sweeping changes to federal labor law that passed in the House on March 9.
The expansive legislation would repeal so-called “right to work” laws, which currently exist in 27 states and would ban popular tactics employers use to dissuade their workers from unionizing. It would also beef up the National Labor Relations Board’s enforcement powers, which advocates say will give teeth to existing labor law.
The 2021 version of the bill, which was first floated in 2019 before dying in the Senate, passed the House with bipartisan support.
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Gun control groups urge Senate to prioritize gun bills
Gun control groups are urging the Senate to pass Democrats’ gun bills after mass shootings at Atlanta-area spas left eight dead. Advocates for stricter gun laws want Congress to prioritize Democratic-led bills that would expand background checks on gun sales, prevent domestic abusers from owning firearms and ban assault weapons. They’ve also called attention to the recent spike in violent crimes against Asian Americans. Six of Tuesday’s shooting victims were women of Asian descent, according to local authorities. “As facts continue coming in, it is clear that guns are too often weaponized as a tool of hate. This must end,” gun control group Giffords said in a tweet Wednesday.
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GOP takes aim at trans rights as Equality Act heads to Senate
Republican state legislators are backing 30 bills in 21 states that would ban transgender students from participating on sports teams that conform to their gender identity. In Washington D.C., Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) tried to attach a similar provision to Democrats’ COVID-19 relief bill in the midst of last week’s “vote-o-rama.” The slate of anti-transgender legislation comes as a part of a Republican campaign to win back suburban voters in the 2022 midterm cycle. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA) rights groups across the country are pushing back.
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