Unionization efforts gain momentum on Capitol Hill
Washington — Michigan Congressman Andy Levin is introducing a resolution Wednesday that would formally allow House staffers to form unions and engage in collective bargaining.
"It basically effectuates something that Congress did for everybody else who works for us except our personal office staff and our committee staff," the Democratic lawmaker Levin told CBS News. "It's a really big deal."
The resolution calls for "approving certain regulations to implement provisions of the Congressional Accountability Act." That 1995 legislation extended labor protections to support legislative branch employees and entities like the U.S. Capitol Police, Library of Congress and the Architect of the Capitol but it stopped short of fully covering House and Senate staff.
"This resolution simply says what we did back then, now we are applying to the staff who work in our personal offices and in our district offices and in our committees and it's about time," Levin said.
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