Protect health care workers, pass the PRO Act!
Petition to Congress:
Protect health care workers and protect democracy: Pass the PRO Act!
In Los Angeles, Labor Day meant health care workers fighting for their rights — and getting arrested.1
On Monday, dozens of frontline workers for Kaiser Permanente were arrested outside the corporation’s headquarters protesting dangerous working conditions.2 Health care giants like Kaiser Permanente all too often make profits their priority, instead of the health and safety of workers and patients. With greater worker power comes better pay, safer working conditions, and better public health outcomes.
It’s time for Congress to empower all workers by passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.
Sign the petition to Congress: Protect health care workers and empower unions — pass the PRO Act!
The PRO Act would remove many barriers to forming a union in the workplace and impose harsher fines and penalties when corporations interfere in the process. This legislation would counter and neutralize much of the big corporate union busting in America.
By passing the PRO Act, Congress would not only fuel unionization in America, it would also signal to corporations that workers hold the power in this country and should not be put in unfair, unjust, or unsafe work situations.
"We are burnt out, stretched thin, and fed up after years of the pandemic and chronic short staffing," said one of the workers. "Healthcare providers are failing workers and patients, and we are at crisis levels in our hospitals and medical centers."
The tens of thousands of health care workers that could strike in California, and all frontline workers in America, need our support and need Congress to act.
Add your name: Pass the PRO Act!
Sources:
- Common Dreams, “'Burnt Out, Stretched Thin, and Fed Up': Dozens of Healthcare Workers Arrested at Labor Day Protest,” September 5, 2023.
- Ibid.