At a time when the country desperately needs economic recovery, the House Democratic majority has instead used the 117th Congress to push its radical anti-worker agenda. By passing H.R. 842, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, Democrats are attempting to undermine our recovery while also returning to an economy of old.

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The PRO Act would substantially rewrite labor laws to put more power in the hands of organized labor at the expense of the economy, consumers, and workers. In a time of uncertainty caused by a once-in-a-generation pandemic, Congress’s focus should be a stable and continuous recovery, not controversial and disruptive labor bills such as the PRO Act.

Unfortunately, Speaker Nancy Pelosi used her historically narrow majority to ram this partisan legislation through the House. It now falls on the Senate to keep this economically destructive legislation, which President Biden has predictably endorsed, from becoming law. . . .

In short, the legislation would cripple entrepreneurs, workers, and supply chains, just the opposite of what we should be doing to stimulate recovery. It would also undercut the innovation that has propelled our economy into the 21st century.

Workers already have the right to organize under federal law. But the PRO Act takes the extreme step of forcing unionization on to workers who do not wish to be part of a union.  . . .

Improvements could have included my amendment to preserve a long-standing, commonsense ban on secondary boycotts. Outrageously, H.R. 842 seeks to repeal this prohibition, even though these disruptive activities created interstate economic havoc in the 1930s and 1940s.

In this era, unions imposed economic stress on targeted companies by picketing neutral suppliers, vendors, and other third-party partnerships. In effect, this bill would allow union organizers to picket or even block shipments into a company by supplier companies or other contractors, putting workers in harm’s way and leaving consumers without access to products.

Rather than a partisan agenda, we need modern thinking that reimagines outdated labor laws currently impeding innovation, disrupting communication between employers and employees, and stifling employee rights.

Instead of passing legislation that contradicts the stated goal of the White House and congressional leaders to stimulate the economy, we must prioritize forward-thinking proposals that empower workers, promote innovation, and encourage economic development in communities across America. . . .

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(Excerpt from The Washington Examiner. Article by Rep. James Comer. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)