Pamela,
In March, Trump signed an executive order stripping nearly one million federal workers of their right to collectively bargain.
The AFL-CIO has called it the single largest act of union-busting in American history.
They're right. Trump's executive order takes away a seat at the table for workers who care for our veterans, inspect our food, maintain our parks, and administer our taxes and Social Security to voice their concerns about safety, staffing, and discrimination.
That's not just bad for hundreds of thousands of federal workers. That's bad for the rest of us. Thanks to Trump's attacks on the federal workforce, we're already seeing missed Social Security checks, long lines at the VA, garbage piling up in parks, grocery items going uninspected, and more.
Attacking unions on the federal level is exactly how you go about crippling both the United States government and workers' rights. Congress cannot allow this to stand.
Congress has the power to overturn Trump's executive order and restore union rights to federal workers. Tell your representative to sign the discharge petition and bring the vote to the House floor today >>
There's already a bill in Congress with bipartisan support to overturn Trump's executive order: the Protect America's Workforce Act.
Our labor union allies have confirmed that the bill has the votes in the House to pass—it just needs to get to the House floor.
But Republican leadership is playing partisan games to keep the bill from the floor. In response, House Democrats have filed a discharge petition to bypass committee consideration and force a full floor vote.
Every single member of Congress who purports to support America's workforce or collective bargaining rights must sign the discharge petition now.
The working people who keep America running, including the veterans who make up a third of the federal workforce, need a union to protect them—and us along with them.
Tell Congress: Sign the discharge petition to restore the right of federal workers to unionize.
Thank you for fighting for union rights,
The Labor Force
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