House Approves Pro-Union Bill Aimed at Expanding Protections for Labor Union Organizing

House Approves Pro-Union Bill Aimed at Expanding Protections for Labor Union Organizing
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks during a press conference advocating for the passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act in the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 5, 2020. Samuel Corum/Getty Images
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The U.S. House of Representatives on March 9 narrowly approved legislation pushed by Democrats that would expand protections for labor union organizing and collective bargaining and amend decades-old labor law.

The bill, called the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, was approved in a 225-206 vote, with five Republicans joining Democrats in favor of the sweeping labor rights bill. It now faces an all-but-certain Republican blockade in a narrowly divided Senate and is unlikely to become law.
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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