Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019

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Mr. HORSFORD. Mr. Chair, I rise today to join my colleagues from the Education and Labor Committee in speaking in support of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act--the PRO Act.

The PRO Act is necessary for America's workers because the economy is simply NOT working for millions of Americans who are struggling to get by while corporate profits are soaring.

We know now, thanks to a study from Princeton University, that unions have consistently provided workers with a 10- to 20-percent wage boost over their non-union counterparts. And the benefits pervade race and gender lines.

People of color in unions make five times more than people of color who are NOT in unions. Women union members see the gender pay gap nearly eliminated.

Unions across our country are fighting to secure better working conditions and better wages for their members.

In my hometown of Las Vegas, the Culinary Union represents 60,000-- those are 60,000 people who already benefit immensely from fair wages, job security, and good health benefits.

But we can expand these benefits to ALL Americans.

We must protect the mission and legacy of organizations like the Culinary Union by passing the PRO Act, and strengthen workers' power to stand together and negotiate for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions.

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