House Republicans Break Ranks to Support Dem-Led Pro-Union Bill

“Newly-unionized workers shouldn’t have to wait years for their first contract. I appreciate my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for coming together to take this enormous step,” Norcross, who is an electician and a member of a union, said following Tuesday’s vote, per Time. Republican Rep. Pete Stauber of Minnesota co-sponsored the bill when it was introduced in September.

“The right of workers to form a union and collectively bargain is crucial to improving wages, hours, working conditions, and so much more.