Congressional Labor Caucus Announces Slate of Key Legislative Endorsements
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the Congressional Labor Caucus’ relaunch for the 118th Congress and hiring of its first Executive Director, the Caucus today announced a slate of key legislative endorsements. These bills, which will raise standards for and protect the rights of workers, represent core legislative priorities for the Caucus in the 118th Congress.
“These four bills are important steps forward in protecting workers’ rights, holding employers accountable, and improving the lives of working families,” said Congressional Labor Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), and Mark Pocan (D-WI). “As workers across the country continue to secure historic wins, we are building on this momentum in Congress by redoubling our efforts to pass these critical pieces of legislation.
This endorsement slate includes the following legislation:
- H.R.20 - Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act
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.
- H.R.4889 - Raise the Wage Act
Leads: Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-03), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05)
Bill Summary: The Raise the Wage Act would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour by 2028, index future increases in the federal minimum wage to median wage growth, phase out subminimum wage for tipped workers and youth workers, and end subminimum wage certificates for workers with disabilities.
- H.R.5456 - No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act
Leads: Reps. Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Brendan Boyle (PA-02), and Judy Chu (CA-28)
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.
- H.R.4963 - Tax Fairness for Workers Act
Leads: Reps. Brendan Boyle (PA-02) and Donald Norcross (NJ-01))
Bill 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.