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Op-ed / Commentary Research ● Employee Rights Act ERA Labor PRO Act

Commentary: One proposal to modernize labor laws would benefit women; another could set them back decades

May 5, 2022 // The PRO Act seeks to regress to the 1950s workplace that denied workers the flexibility needed to balance work/life demands. The ERA would preserve the gains women have made and provide important rights of autonomy, privacy, and opportunity for women and men alike.

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Blog Research ● Unionization

NLRB General Counsel Calls for Union Organizing Through ‘Card Check’

April 22, 2022 // "In my experience, the card-signing process often is not an accurate indicator of actual interest in or support for a union," Pryzbylski said. "Many employees are peer pressured or coerced into signing cards, but if and when permitted to vote in a secret-ballot election, [they] vote against union representation."