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Dear
Friend,
You
and
I
know
Wisconsin
has
a
proud
tradition
of
respecting
hard
work
and
rewarding
it
by
giving
workers
a
strong
voice.
But
in
recent
years,
hardworking
Wisconsinites
have
been
facing
more
and
more
barriers
when
organizing
to
bargain
for
better
wages,
benefits
and
safer
working
conditions.
It’s
time
to
once
again
move
Wisconsin’s
proud,
progressive
tradition
of
supporting
workers
forward
and
give
every
working
family
a
fair
shot
at
getting
ahead.
That’s
why
I
helped
introduced
new
legislation
to
level
the
playing
field
for
hardworking
Wisconsinites
by
making
it
easier
for
workers
to
join
unions.
Sixty
years
ago,
nearly
a
third
of
all
workers
belonged
to
a
union.
Today,
that
number
has
gone
down
to
10.7
percent
–
and
if
an
employee
engages
in
union
organizing
campaigns,
they
have
a
one
in
five
chance
of
getting
fired.
We
must
give
workers
a
strong
voice
once
again
and
support
the
rights
of
workers
to
join
together
and
bargain
for
better
wages,
benefits,
and
safer
working
conditions.
So
I’ve
joined
Senator
Bernie
Sanders
and
Congressman
Mark
Pocan
in
introducing
the
Workplace
Democracy
Act,
which
will
make
it
easier
for
workers
to
join
unions
in
a
number
of
ways.
It
would
end
right
to
work
for
less
laws
by
repealing
Section
14(b)
of
the
Taft
Hartley
Act,
which
has
allowed
28
states,
including
Wisconsin,
to
pass
legislation
eliminating
the
ability
of
private
sector
unions
to
collect
fair
share
fees
from
those
who
benefit
from
union
contracts
and
activities.
With
our
legislation,
when
a
majority
of
workers
in
a
bargaining
unit
sign
valid
authorization
cards
to
join
a
union,
they
must
have
a
union.
Additionally,
companies
would
not
be
allowed
to
deny
or
delay
a
first
contract
with
workers
who
have
voted
to
join
a
union.
Unions
would
be
given
the
right
to
have
their
voice
heard
through
secondary
boycotts
and
picketing.
And
workers
would
have
the
right
to
know
when
their
company
spends
millions
of
dollars
running
anti-union
campaigns.
Our
bill
would
also
stop
employers
from
ruthlessly
exploiting
workers
by
misclassifying
them
as
independent
contractors
or
denying
them
overtime
by
falsely
categorizing
them
as
a
“supervisor.”
See
why
our
legislation
has
been
endorsed
by
virtually
every
union
in
America.
I
am
proud
to
have
helped
introduced
the
Workplace
Democracy
Act,
and
will
continue
taking
action
to
move
Wisconsin’s
tradition
of
supporting
workers
forward
and
ensure
every
working
family
has
a
fair
shot
at
getting
ahead.
Sincerely,
U.S.
Senator
for
Wisconsin |