Supported National Legislation

The Protecting the Right To Organize (PRO) Act

The PRO Act will strengthen protections in numerous ways for workers who want to unionize, including by increasing punishment for employers who violate workers’ rights. It would also prevent employers from holding captive audience meetings where anti-union consultants are brought in to dissuade workers from supporting the union.

In addition, the legislation enhances the right of workers to support boycotts, strikes, and other acts of solidarity; and allows unions to collect “fair share” fees for every worker it represents. It also prevents employers from using loopholes in the federal labor law to deny pay or benefits and prevents employers from misclassifying their employees in order to deny them worker protections and will repeal co-called “right to work” laws, which were created during the Jim Crow era to keep white and Black workers from unionizing together.

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The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R. 1195)

Violence against nurses and other health care workers in hospitals and other health care facilities is a growing epidemic across the United States. Nurses report being punched, kicked, bitten, beaten, choked, and assaulted on the job — and some have faced stabbings and shootings. The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act would mandate OSHA to promulgate a standard that would require all covered employers to develop and implement prevention plans to reduce workplace violence incidents.

Learn more about the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, including:

• How health care workers frequently experience dangerous workplace violence incidents.
• Why workplace violence is bad for patients and hospitals.
• What needs to be done to prevent and reduce the frequency and severity of violent incidents in health care settings.

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Medicare for All Act of 2021

National Nurses United applauds the introduction of the Medicare for All Act of 2021, introduced by Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and co-sponsored by more than half of the House Democratic Caucus including 14 committee chairs and key leadership Members.

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VA Employee Fairness Act

The VA Employee Fairness Act which would grant full collective bargaining rights for nurses and other clinicians at Veterans Administration medical facilities, which is essential to ensure the highest quality care for our nation’s veterans.

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California Legislation

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