PRO Act Hurts Workers and Business – ACT NOW

Congress is currently looking at a bill called the new PRO Act. This bill is being considered during an unprecedented global pandemic, in which manufacturing workers are supplying Americans with the medicine, protective equipment, and goods necessary to defeat COVID-19. If the PRO Act were to pass, critical supply chains used to manufacture and transport the COVID-19 vaccine, PPE, ventilation equipment, and food would be threatened and susceptible to disruptions.

The PRO Act is a misguided attempt to fundamentally restructure American workplaces and would infringe on workers’ rights to a secret ballot, workplace democracy, and personal privacy.

CLICK HERE to view summary document of the PRO Act.

Manufacturers believe we need to have a genuine conversation about updating our nation’s labor laws to support workers and better reflect the modern manufacturing workplace. However, the PRO Act would only hurt workers, threaten job creation, and create adversarial relationships between employees and employers.

The number of Senate co-sponsors of the PRO Act remains at 47 – no new Senators have officially supported the bill since our last update. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has said the PRO Act will get a vote in the Senate if it reaches 50 co-sponsors. Only three Democratic senators haven’t signed on to the bill and can still prevent a Senate vote from happening: Sens. Mark Warner (VA), Mark Kelly (AZ), and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ). But if those three senators sign on, the Senate could possibly pass the PRO Act with just 50 votes. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) recently said that he supports the “vast majority” of the PRO Act. The NAM remains staunchly opposed to the entire PRO Act and is working to defeat this bill, not improve it.

If you are in any one of the above states, please contact your legislator by CLICKING HERE to send a note through NAM’s legislator tool. 

Let your voice be heard.  Act today.