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    Op-ed / Commentary Research ● PRO Act

    Biden’s PRO Act is a covert tax hike on 7.7 million Americans

    April 28, 2022 // The PRO Act has been one of Biden’s top priorities despite the fact that it has yet to move in the Senate. The PRO Act’s ABC test is a clear tax hike on millions of Americans, 96 percent of whom make less than $400,000 per year. If Biden is serious about upholding his tax pledge, a central part of his presidential campaign, he should kick the PRO Act and the ABC test to the curb.

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    News Article Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unionization

    Why Biden can’t build back better

    February 22, 2022 // Biden supports the PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize), which would significantly enhance the power of workers to unionize and bargain collectively. Now stalled in the Senate, he could use the bully pulpit to rally the base and push for a filibuster exception to get the bill to his desk. The president also has the power to enact major pieces of the PRO Act through executive order.

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    2021 was a year of labor action—but it didn’t translate into more unionized workers

    January 20, 2022 // Despite high levels of union activity and public favorability, the number of workers in unions fell in 2021

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