[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 66 (Friday, April 16, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1878]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              UNIONIZATION

  (Mr. LEVIN of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the 
Protecting the Right to Organize, or PRO, Act.
  In 1987, I was arrested for standing on a public sidewalk.
  My crime?
  I was seeking to help hospital workers organize with SEIU. That was 
one of many experiences I had demonstrating how American elections for 
workers to form a union are more like political elections in a 
dictatorship than in a democracy.
  The recent union election at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama shows 
just how stacked the deck is against workers. It shows the power 
wielded by companies large and small and the lengths they will go to 
keep owners and executives reaping the benefits of growing 
productivity, even at the expense of their workers' very dignity.
  It shows the urgent need for change. The Senate must send the PRO Act 
to the President's desk.

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