Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and U.S. Representative Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced the Teamwork for Employees and Managers (TEAM) Act of 2022, which would provide workers seeking to organize with an alternative to unionization that allows both workers and managers to work together, without fearing heavy-handed legal action or bureaucratic meddling from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The bill earned praise from conservative labor experts. A one-pager is available here and a section-by-section is available here.
“The vast majority of working Americans go to work every day to earn a living and provide for their families, not because they want to participate in the latest ‘woke’ workplace trend,” Rubio said. “In reality, many American workers are sick and tired of being subjected to radical company policies and would gladly trade in their ‘diversity workshop’ for a discussion on benefits or flexibility.”
“Unfortunately, current law makes it impossible for employers to have any meaningful discussion about workplace conditions with a non-unionized group of employees,” Rubio continued. “Our bill solves this problem by creating a pro-worker alternative to unions, which are notoriously left-wing and almost always pit workers against management, only worsening the workplace environment.”
“The TEAM Act would breathe fresh air into the American labor movement, which has left behind hard working Americans for far too long,” Rubio concluded. “I hope that...
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