The Protect LABOR Act (H.2086 & S.1327) would help to inoculate union members by ensuring state protections come into effect if federal protections are taken away. We need you to ask your legislators to cosponsor the Protect LABOR Act to ensure hundreds of thousands of workers do not lose their right to join a union.
Private sector labor rights are established under the federal National Labor Relations Act – if the NLRA falls or is otherwise dismantled, there will be almost no statutory protections for private sector union organizing in the Commonwealth.
The Protect LABOR Act ensures that Massachusetts workers have strong labor protections even if those rights are no longer protected federally, including:
- Department of Labor Relations certification of pre-existing federally-recognized unions
- a presumption of employee status to ensure all workers, regardless of industry, have guaranteed access to wage, hour, and benefits protections
- electronic signatures for card signing when workers want to form a union
- written majority authorization for all newly formed unions
- in-person and electronic union elections to increase accessibility for all workers
- a ban on captive audience meetings; and
- protections from anti-union “right to work” policies
The right to organize and collectively bargain are under attack from a hostile federal government. We need YOU to join the fight for union rights!
Ask your legislators to Protect Labor by cosponsoring H.2086 & S.1327 today!