Dear Friend,

Working people deserve to be able to organize themselves to demand living
wages and healthy working conditions. In a time when the richest
Americans' wealth growth has increased by over 200% while wages remain
stagnant for the rest of us, we need our lawmakers to protect workers’
rights.(1)

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Currently, there’s no financial penalty for employers who illegally fire
workers who are trying to unionize.(2) In response, Rep. Bobby Scott and
Senator Patty Murray introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO)
Act in Congress to protect millions of working people across the country.

This important pro-worker legislation is facing an uphill battle in
Congress, and we and our partners need your help to get it passed.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Urge Congress to provide millions of workers with
organizing protections.

The PRO Act would enact the strongest workers’ rights laws since Congress
gave U.S. workers the right to unionize in 1935. That’s why big
corporations are lobbying to defeat this crucial bill, while the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce’s Labor Policy Director called it “the single biggest
threat” to the interests of the largest corporations, even though it
simply provides the most basic of protections for workers.(3) The PRO Act
would:

* Penalize employers that interfere with their employees’ organizing
efforts,
* Clarify that employers cannot interfere with employee unionization
voting procedures,
* Allow workers to sue their employers for violating right to organize
laws, and
* Prevent employers from firing employees who go on strike.

Corporations are fighting tooth-and-nail to stop this bill because they
know that if working Americans unite, corporations would start being held
accountable for their abuses. It’s going to take immense people power to
get the PRO Act passed, but if enough of us stand up we can prove that the
people are watching and will ensure that our voices are heard and our
rights affirmed. Join us in the fight to protect workers’ rights and stand
up to big corporations.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress to pass the PRO Act.

Yours in the fight for workers’ rights,

Mai, along with Analeeza, Annie, Brenna, Caitlin, Diego, Eddie, Gabby,
Lindsay, Mary, Molly, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage Campaign team)

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