Endorsed Bills
Below is a list of legislation that the Congressional Labor Caucus has officially endorsed.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-06)
Bill Summary: Accelerates the research and development of alternative materials for firefighter protective gear while removing harmful chemicals.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07)
Bill Summary: Fills in gaps in employment/civil rights protections for domestic workers; ensures paid sick days and other benefits; and increases Medicaid funding for home and health care services.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Julia Brownley (CA-26)
Bill Summary: Requires agencies to provide a separated employee with a copy of their official personnel file, in electronic and physical form, no later than 7 days after their date of separation.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Chris Deluzio (PA-17)
Bill Summary: Expands OSHA protections to cover state and local public sector workers (who are currently excluded).
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Brad Sherman (CA-32)
Bill Summary: Prohibits right-to-work laws nationwide.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Sean Casten (IL-05)
Bill Summary: Expands FMLA protections to cover education support professionals (who are currently excluded due to their schedules and limited school year).
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02)
Bill Summary: The Don't Stand for Taking Employed Americans’ Livings (STEAL) Act updates the penalties for wage theft violations to be commensurate with other forms of criminal theft under federal law.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-03)
Bill Summary: The PRO Act would protect and expand workers’ rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace, including by empowering workers to exercise their right to organize, holding employers accountable for violating workers’ rights, and securing free, fair, and safe union elections.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ-01)
Bill Summary: The No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act would classify corporate interference in worker organization campaigns similar to political speech, so corporations can no longer deduct union busting expenses from their taxes. Doing so would ensure that American taxpayers no longer subsidize anti-union company activities that violate workers’ legally protected right to organize.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA-02)
Summary: The Tax Fairness for Workers Act would restore workers’ ability to deduct the cost of their union dues and common employment expenses, which were stripped away in the 2017 Trump tax law. Specifically, the bill would establish an above-the-line deduction to allow workers’ to deduct the cost of their union dues even if they don’t itemize their federal taxes, as well as allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for employees’ unreimbursed work expenses, such as travel and uniform costs.