Virginia Foxx: “Democrats insist that the PRO Act expands workers' rights. But, in reality, this bill coerces workers and undermines…”

“Democrats insist that the PRO Act expands workers' rights. But, in reality, this bill coerces workers and undermines their rights in order to increase the wealth and power of union bosses. Unions have a long and sordid history of harassing and intimidating workers into supporting them, and this bill makes it worse. For example, in 2013, Ms. Marlene Felter, a medical records coder in California, testified that union organizers ``were calling them on their cell phones, coming to their homes, stalking them, harassing them . . . to convince them to sign union cards.'' In 2017, one Minnesota personal care attendant, who chose not to provide her full name, described her experience with an SEIU union organizer for a Forbes.com piece: ``The woman identified herself as a SEIU representative, and asked if they could talk for a few minutes. Holly said she didn't have time right now, but the woman persisted, placing herself between Holly and the front of the door and repeatedly asking her how she intended to vote in the upcoming union election. ``Holly became frightened; arms full of groceries, she could hear her patient becoming agitated and distressed inside, and here was this strange woman blocking her way and demanding to know how she would `vote.' Holly finally extricated herself and entered her home, slamming the door behind her. But that wasn't the end of things.…”