The 2020 Election isn't over and we've got more work to do - Georgia!
The 2020 Election isn't over yet, and we have more work to do. After carefully counting all of the ballots in Georgia (twice!), no U.S. Senate candidate came away with 50% of the vote, forcing a runoff election for two Senate seats. This. Is. HUGE.
Why is CWA District 1 in New York City organizing a phone bank for the Senate run-off elections in Georgia?
Over the years union members have justifiably complained that even when Democrats were elected President we never got labor law reform or card check under Clinton or Obama. Historians can argue about all the reasons for that but a big one was control of the US Senate by Republicans.
Long ago there were Republicans who supported unions, but since Reagan those kind of Republicans disappeared. Now a Republican controlled Senate can and will block any legislation that could even the playing field for unions and union organizing. That's the case with the current package of reforms backed by unions - passed by the Democratic majority House and never even brought up for a vote in the Republican majority Senate - the PRO Act.
Click here for a complete description of the PRO Act. Click here for the CWA summary.
President Trump said he would veto the PRO Act if it every passed the House and Senate. Incoming President Biden has promised to pass it. But if the Republicans continue to control the Senate the Pro Act will never get to President Biden to sign.
There are two Senate seats currently up for runoff elections in Georgia. If Democrats Ossoff and Warnock are elected the Senate will be tied 50/50 between Republicans and Democrats. In which case tie votes are settled by a vote from the Vice President Kamala Harris, allowing a path for passage of the PRO act and other legislation.
Supporting CWA 1104 Fordham Graduate Student Workers
Mobilization to Support CWA 1104 Fordham Workers
