House passes bill allowing for staff unionization
(CNN)The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to allow staffers on Capitol Hill to unionize, a major development for labor activists who have pushed for the option for years.
The vote frees House staffers to form unions should they want, though it does not apply to staffers on the Senate side, as the bill is not expected to pass in the Senate.
The resolution was passed under a provision in a House Rules Committee rules package as a self-executing rule -- known as a "deem and pass" -- in which the bill is deemed passed by adoption of the rule. The tactic frees members from having to take a separate vote on the legislation.
Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in a letter to her colleagues that the vote would happen, writing, "Congressional staffers deserve the same fundamental rights and protections as workers all across the country, including the right to bargain collectively."
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