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Every kid needs and deserves a quality education — one that provides them with essential skills and helps them find and develop their talents and interests. Our nation’s education system should be flexible and responsive enough to support students as they identify the subjects and practices that engage them and drive their passion. That’s the […]
Women and minorities have borne the brunt of COVID-19’s economic fallout. According to panelists in a March 8 Clubhouse discussion, they also would shoulder the brunt of the impact from H.R. 842, the Protecting our Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Stand Together Director of Economic Opportunity Erica Jedynak hosted the event, which considered the impact […]
Updated July 7, 2022. In the year since the COVID-19 pandemic first reached our shores, the coronavirus has exacted a heavy toll on American lives and livelihoods. In many ways, government mismanagement worsened this crisis, particularly in the field of health care. Onerous mandates and regulations at the federal and state levels made care harder […]
House lawmakers passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or the PRO Act, earlier this week. Supporters claim the bill would protect independent contractors, gig workers, and freelancers from exploitation at the hands of their clients by pushing them out of their flexible work arrangements and into traditional employment under the National Labor Relations […]
On March 8, Americans for Prosperity co-hosted a virtual briefing with the Institute for the American Worker (I4AW) and the State Policy Network that explored how H.R. 842, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act will harm workers, entrepreneurs and job creators. Broadly, as I4AW President Vincent Vernuccio explained, the PRO Act would weaken worker […]
Does government have the right to tell Americans how they should work, with whom they can do business, and what their hours ought to be? Some lawmakers believe so. On Tuesday the House passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or the PRO Act, a bill that would place additional government roadblocks between Americans […]
Arlington, VA. – In advance of the House vote on the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today urged Congress to protect workers, employers, and the economy by rejecting the bill. The PRO Act makes unprecedented, harmful changes to federal labor laws. While supporters claim the PRO Act would expand […]
Several state legislatures are considering so-called anti-riot measures, pitched as protecting public safety by addressing violence. Sounds OK, right? Who could be against stopping riots? But writing in Newsweek, David Voorman, Americans for Prosperity’s senior policy analyst for free speech and peace, calls out the threat to free expression and peaceful assembly posed by these […]
Dear Member of Congress: On behalf of activists in all 50 states, Americans for Prosperity will rate the following amendments to the PRO Act in our legislative scorecard. AFP issued a key vote alert on the underlying bill urging members of Congress to vote “NO” on H.R. 842. I strongly urge you to vote YES on the following amendments: […]
