REP. SYKES CO-SPONSORS THE PRO ACT TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF WORKING PEOPLE
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) announced she co-sponsored the bipartisan Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2023.
“I am proud to co-sponsor the PRO Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation that will improve the lives of workers and families in Ohio’s 13th Congressional District and across the nation,” said Rep. Sykes. “When workers have the power to stand together and form a union, they have higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions. The PRO Act continues my efforts to expand opportunity and create good-paying, quality, union jobs for the people of Ohio’s 13th District.”
The PRO Act protects the basic right to join a union by:
- Empowering workers to exercise their right to organize;
- Holding employers accountable for violating workers’ rights; and
- Securing free, fair, and safe union elections.
In 2022, union members accounted for 12.8 percent of wage and salary workers in Ohio.