[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 62 (Monday, April 7, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1445]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PROTECTING FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNIONS

  (Mr. MRVAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MRVAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my profound 
opposition and disappointment in the recent executive order that strips 
away collective bargaining rights for Federal workers.
  The foundation of the economic strength of Indiana's First 
Congressional District is our labor workforce. It is only because of 
the ability to collectively bargain and form unions that workers in our 
Nation were able to make progress and have fair wages, safe working 
environments, access to affordable healthcare plans, and secure 
retirements.
  I have spent my entire career as an elected official believing that 
every worker should have the ability to form and join a union.
  As a member of the Congressional Labor Caucus, I was proud to join my 
colleagues in signing a letter to the administration on this matter 
which states that this is the single most antiworker and anti-union 
Presidential action since the firing of the striking air traffic 
controllers in 1981.
  I am committed to stand shoulder to shoulder with my colleagues to 
swiftly reverse this unjust action and defend the fundamental rights of 
every worker to bargain for an equitable future.

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