{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stevens-votes-protect-workers-right-organize", "Rep. Stevens Votes to Protect Workers\u2019 Right to Organize", "2021-03-09", "2021", "2021-03", "Democrat", "House", "MI", "Haley M. Stevens", "S001215", "stevens.house.gov", "stevens", "https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Haley Stevens voted to pass H.R. 842, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, of which she is a co-sponsor.\n\n\u201cOur economy needs a strong middle class to thrive. Unions are essential to strengthening America\u2019s middle class and improving the lives of workers and their families,\u201d said Congresswoman Haley Stevens. \u201cWhen workers have the power to stand together and form a union, they have higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions. I am proud to stand with my brothers and sisters in labor to support the PRO Act.\u201d\n\nThe PRO Act strengthens the National Labor Relations Act in the following ways: providing new tools to protect workers from anti-union intimidation and retaliation; addressing states\u2019 anti-union \u201cright to work\u201d laws by ensuring unions can collect a fair share payment for the services they are obligated by law to provide; and increasing accountability for violations of workers\u2019 collective bargaining rights. The PRO Act strengthens protections to ensure workers can hold free, fair, and safe union elections.\n\nProtecting workers\u2019 right to organize and collectively bargain is critical to rebuilding America\u2019s middle class and improving the lives of workers and their families. When workers exercise their right to organize a union, they have higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions. The PRO Act restores fairness to the economy by strengthening the federal laws that protect workers\u2019 right to join a union.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:33:37Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stevens-votes-protect-workers-right-organize"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.652732189744711, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}