Political Quotes

“We live in a country where CEOs can make as much as 320 times what their workers make. We live in a country where 1 percent--the top 1 percent economically controls more wealth than the bottom 90 percent of our country. We live in a country where three individuals own more wealth than the bottom 50 percent of our Nation. In a democracy with a Constitution such as ours, this economic inequality cannot stand. The PRO Act seeks to empower workers, workers who built this country with their blood, sweat, and tears, who work overtime and extra time and weekends and do not take a vacation so that our economy can thrive. The PRO Act gives workers the opportunity to unionize and organize without being oppressed within the plantation capitalist system. I rise to ask bipartisan support of this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter of support for this legislation from the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. UFCW, Washington, DC, March 8, 2021. TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS Re UFCW Action: Vote YES on H.R. 8421 | Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Dear Senator and/or Representative: On behalf of the 1.3 million members of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), I urge you to vote ``yes'' on the Protecting the Right to Organize Act when it comes to the House floor and oppose any motions to reconsider or weaking amendments.…”