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Issa Opposes Extreme Labor Law Bill; Says PRO Act “Absolute Job-Killer”

March 9, 2021

 

Washington, D.C. - Announcing his opposition to House passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2021, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) released the following statement:

“I am opposing the PRO Act, an extreme and inflexible bill that will diminish the rights of workers and employers while rewriting the nation’s labor laws in favor of union special interests.

This bill overturns 27 state right-to-work laws, eliminates employees’ rights to a secret ballot election and allows unions to boycott and protest nearly every business in America whether they are subject to a union vote or not. It will also devastate Privacy rights by forcing employers to hand over workers’ personal information to union organizers, including home addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.

Thousands of small businesses that are already struggling to stay afloat could be bankrupted by this legislation. Employers could face more than $47 billion in new annual costs if the PRO Act is enacted, further jeopardizing the economic recovery from the COVID pandemic.

Finally, the PRO Act would bring to every state the worst of California’s AB 5, which destroyed millions of jobs by denying the ability to work as an independent contractor. To take one of the most reckless job killers in recent memory and extend it across America is to make one state’s mistake the entire nation’s crisis.

That’s why I authored an amendment to eliminate the AB5 provision. Read more about the amendment here.

At a time when so many have lost so much, and we are rebuilding our economy so we can emerge from the devastating effects of the pandemic and government shutdowns, the PRO Act will threaten our economic recovery and extinguish opportunity for millions.”

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