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MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders, Scott, Schumer, Jeffries, Murray, Bipartisan Colleagues to Introduce Legislation to Protect the Rights of American Workers [1]

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Date: 2025-03

WASHINGTON, March 3 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Congressional and labor leaders, today announced that they will hold a press conference on Wednesday with workers to reintroduce the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act), comprehensive labor legislation to protect the rights of workers to stand together and bargain for fairer wages, better benefits and safer workplaces.

Details

What: Press conference to reintroduce the PRO Act

When: Wednesday, March 5, 3:00 p.m. ET

Where: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Ground Floor, Room 50 (SD-G50). The press conference will also be livestreamed on Sanders’ social media.

Who:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)

President Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO

Kieran Cuadras, Wells Fargo Workers United and former Wells Fargo employee

Press RSVP: Press interested in attending should RSVP with [email protected].

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