Abigail Spanberger on Jobs

	Abigail Spanberger on Jobs

Inequity and bias impacts job opportunities and promotions

The results of inequity and bias impact everything from school suspension rates, to housing access, to health outcomes, to medical interventions, to job opportunities and promotions, to criminal sentencing, and even to air quality and drinking water safety. Rep. Spanberger believes that working with intentionality to root out structural racism and change biased policies is required of every legislator. She is committed to applying an equity lens to the legislation she votes on and introduces. Source: 2025 Virginia Governor campaign website spanberger.house.gov , Nov 28, 2023

Sponsored bill for strengthening union organizing.

Spanberger co-sponsored PRO Act

H.R.842 & S.420: Protecting the Right to Organize Act: This bill expands various labor protections related to employees` rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace:

revises the definitions of employee, supervisor, and employer to broaden the scope of individuals covered by the fair labor standards;
permits labor organizations to encourage participation of union members in strikes initiated by employees represented by a different labor organization (i.e., secondary strikes); and
prohibits employers from bringing claims against unions that conduct such secondary strikes.

The bill also allows collective bargaining agreements to require all employees represented by the bargaining unit to contribute fees to the labor organization for the cost of such representation.

Biden Administration in SUPPORT: The Administration strongly supports The PRO Act. America was not built by Wall Street. It was built by the middle class, and unions built the middle class. Unions put power in the hands of workers. H.R. 842 would strengthen and protect workers` right to form a union by assessing penalties on employers who violate workers` right to organize.

Rep. Mo Brooks in OPPOSITION: H.R. 842 [is] a radical union bill that tramples the rights of citizens by forcing them to enter into union servitude, including:

Overturns right-to-work laws in 27 states, thereby forcing citizens, against their will, to pay millions of dollars in dues to labor unions.
Denies citizens` rights to vote by secret ballot on whether to join a union by imposing a biased `card-check` scheme.
Deprives individuals of entrepreneurial opportunities. The PRO Act would eliminate the franchise industry and sharing economy as we know them.

Legislative Outcome:Passed House 222-204-4 (Rollcall 82) on 03/09/2021; received and read in the Senate on 3/23; no further Senate action during 2021. Source: H.R.842/S.420 21-HR842 on Feb 4, 2021

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