On Tuesday, Democrats voted to pass the radical PRO Union Bosses Act, which will destroy jobs and force more workers to pay into the union system. Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 842, calling it “an assault on American workers, employers, and the economy.” House Passes Partisan Pro-Union Bill Decried By Busi... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined radio stations in right to work states, drawing attention to the disastrous PRO Act, radical legislation that is a political gift to union bosses, undermines workers’ rights, destroys jobs, and will cost employers billions in new annual costs. In case you missed it, here are the highlights: ALABAMA’S MORNING NEWS WITH JT ... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) slammed Democrats for passing H.R. 842, the PRO Union Bosses Act. At the expense of workers and job creators, this radical, far reaching legislation will allow union bosses to consolidate power, coerce workers, line their own pockets, and bolster their own political agendas. Democrats passed H.R. 842 without Committee inpu... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor today in opposition to H.R. 842, Democrats’ PRO Union Bosses Act. This radical legislation is a political gift to union bosses that undermines workers’ rights, destroys jobs, and would cost employers billions in new annual costs. "This unnecessary bill is an assault on American workers, employers, and the... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined House Republican Leaders at a press conference to discuss the radical, anti-worker “PRO Union Bosses Act,” which the House is expected to pass later today. Below are excerpts and video of her remarks. "Democrats would have you believe their radical PRO Act ‘protects the right to organize.’ All it does is ‘protect’ t... Read more »
The House of Representatives will vote later today on Democrats’ so-called Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. H.R. 842 is radical, backwards-looking legislation that will diminish the rights of workers and employers while harming the economy and providing a political gift to labor union special interests. Don’t just take our word for it, here’s what others are saying: "The PRO Act is anti... Read more »
House Democrats are poised to pass the "PRO Union Bosses Act" (H.R. 842). Among the bill’s most harmful and sweeping provisions would apply California’s unworkable and discredited ABC test to determine employee status in every state in the union. Like many of the Democrats’ worst ideas, the ABC test was enacted in California in a law known as AB 5, which has caused significant pain to workers, ent... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement strongly criticizing the Biden administration’s unprecedented firing of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) General Counsel Sharon Fast Gustafson, ending her Senate-confirmed, four-year appointment more than two years early, in contravention of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act: “T... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats passed their partisan budget reconciliation scheme, squandering $1.9 trillion while only allocating nine percent to support COVID-19 related public health initiatives: "We need to call this bill what it is - a payoff for progressives. Instead of targeted COVID-19 relief, this ... Read more »
Democrats are filling their partisan spending scheme with liberal wish lists unrelated to public health initiatives. This sham of a bill preys on an American crisis by senselessly spending taxpayer dollars while those same taxpayers can barely make ends meet. Democrats are struggling to grasp what true COVID-19 relief should look like. Of the $1.9 trillion in their latest spending bill, the CBO es... Read more »
