WASHINGTON, D. C. – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the introductionof a resolution to secure legal protections for U.S. Senate staff to organize and collectively bargain. In 1996, the Office of Compliance and Workplace Rights ruled that the Senate needed to pass a resolution to provide congressional workers the legal right to unionize. This resolution would finally secure that right for U.S. Senate staff.

“Every worker should have a right to organize and have a voice in their workplace – and that is why I have spent my career fighting for the dignity of work,” said U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown. “Today, I honor my staff, both past and future, for their dedication to serving the state of Ohio. With this resolution, we can finally secure the fundamental legal right of U.S. Senate staff to join together as union members to advocate for themselves and have a voice on the job.”

In addition to Brown, U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT), Tina Smith (D-MN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), John Fetterman (D-PA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Bob Casey (D-PA).

The full text of the resolution is HERE.

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