On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) blocked an effort broadly supported by his own caucus to force a vote on restoring crucial labor protections for federal workers that were revoked by President Donald Trump earlier this year. A Democrat-led petition on the “Protect America’s Workforce Act” is just two signatures short of the 218-member threshold it needs to…
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This says why. Because a republican is trying to use it to position himself as pro-union.
It’s weird and stupid, but it doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen.
Ok this makes way more sense.