Ask an Attorney: Rough Waters Ahead for Employers – With or Without the PRO Act
If you are reading this article, which indicates you have some interest in labor law, then you are probably relatively up-to-date on legislative developments in Washington D.C. regarding the bill known as the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Since its fate on a straight up and down vote in Congress was uncertain, President Biden and his Democrat allies put many of the PRO Act provisions in the Build Back Better Act. As of this writing, it does not appear that Build Back Better will win Congressional approval in its present form (thanks to Senators Manchin and Sinema!) Unfortunately, this does not mean that merit shop employers don’t have to worry about dramatic changes in labor law that will be designed to make it easier for unions to organize and harder (and potentially far more costly) for employers to oppose any such efforts.
