"This hearing is the first step in what I hope can be a bipartisan conversation..."
"In April 2019, U.S. Congresswomen Donna Shalala and Frederica Wilson held a Congressional Roundtable at the Miami airport to hear directly from workers."
"Federal law protects workers' rights to unionize, point blank."
"America's unions are engines of economic mobility. For generations, they have fueled our Nation's prosperity, protected the health and safety of American workers, and supported a strong middle class."
"If Congress is truly on the side of American workers, then we must protect their right to bargain for better wages and better working conditions."
"American workers have greater opportunities today than they have in decades."
"Workers deserve the right to make free and informed decisions about joining a union."
"It seems straightforward that the best way to reverse the downward trend would be through increased transparency."
"Simply put, if you claim to back the interests of working people, you must also be pro-union."
"Today we heard how weak labor laws have failed to safeguard the human right to join a union."
"Congress must act now to stop violations of workers' rights and reverse decades of wage stagnation and income inequality."