[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 9, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                STANDING WITH WORKERS BY PASSING PRO ACT

  (Ms. SEWELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. SEWELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Protecting 
the Right to Organize Act, the PRO Act.
  Just last weekend, I invited a number of our Democratic colleagues to 
come to my district and stand in solidarity with the Amazon workers in 
Bessemer, Alabama, who are voting this month on whether to join the 
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
  Mr. Speaker, it is because of unions that we have a 5-day workweek. 
It is because of unions that we have safer working conditions all 
across America. Congress must do more to protect the basic right to 
join a union.
  If we pass the PRO Act, workers in Bessemer and workers across this 
country will have stronger collective bargaining rights and more 
streamlined union election processes. We would also have meaningful 
enforcement for companies that violate workers' rights.
  The workers in my Alabama district deserve a fair election that is 
free of influence from management.
  Mr. Speaker, the Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are following a 
rich tradition of ordinary Alabamians, standing up and fighting for 
civil rights and human rights. I am asking my colleagues to stand with 
the workers in Bessemer and around this country by passing the PRO Act.

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