Letters to Washington
| July 23, 2021

Letter to Share Opposition to PRO Act

The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), a broad-based coalition of hundreds of organizations representing hundreds of thousands of employers and millions of employees in various industries across the country, and the 280 undersigned organizations write in opposition to the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, S. 420. This radical legislation would violate workers’ free choice and privacy rights, jeopardize industrial stability, cost millions of American jobs, threaten vital supply chains, and greatly hinder our economic recovery from COVID-19. The PRO Act includes dozens of provisions that would boost union membership and dues revenue streams at the expense of the rights of workers, employers, and consumers alike. Forbes Tate Partners (FTP) conducted a survey of over 1,000 registered voters and found that respondents overwhelmingly were concerned with the various policies of the bill, some of which are explained below.