Bernie Sanders has a new plan to raise wages: Save the unions

[Hassin Bin Sober]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/09/bernie-sanders-has-a-new-plan-to-raise-wages-save-the-unions/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.56ba9f7e21aa

Bernie Sanders has a new plan to raise wages: Save the unions


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced a plan Wednesday that he says will lift the nation's lagging wages by restoring power to unions and protecting workers in the gig economy — both top items on the labor movement’s wish list.

The Workplace Democracy Act, co-sponsored by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and 10 other Democrats, would make it easier for workers to organize, supporters say.

The bill would allow employees to form a union by a majority sign-up process, rather than an election (which proponents say heightens the risk of employer meddling); require companies to negotiate with a new union within 10 days of receiving a request; mandate that workers in every state pay some dues to unions that represent them; and expand the law’s definition of “employer,” a hotly debated term as the country’s contractor workforce expands.

The catch, of course, is that President Trump and the Republican-led Congress aren’t likely to entertain these traditionally liberal goals — and they have virtually no chance of soon becoming law.

[leftstreet]

1. DURec

Fuck 'right-to-work' !!

[pampango]

2. Kudos the Sanders and the 13 Democratic senators who co-sponsored it.

[NCTraveler]

3. Here is the Pocan/Sanders legislation.

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/workplace-democracy-act-bill-text?inline=file