The House has today approved a resolution recognizing congressional staffers' right to collectively bargain and unionize
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks to members of the media outside the White House on Tuesday. Photo: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The House approved a resolution Tuesday recognizing congressional staffers' right to collectively bargain and unionize,The resolution would enable some 9,000 staffers on Capitol Hill to access the same basic federal legal protections other workers have when organizing,Rep. Andy Levin , who sponsored the resolution, said he expected it would enable Congress to be more effective as turnover should be lower if staffers have a say in working conditions and pay, according to AP.
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