By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated July 19, 2022
Nearly two years after “a handful of Hill staffers…[began] whispering about unionizing,” staffers employed by eight Democratic House of Representative lawmakers, filed petitions to unionize on Monday, The Hill reported. This marks the first time a unionization effort by these legislative employees has moved forward thus far in our nation’s history.
The 85 staffers work in the offices of Reps. Cori Bush (D-MO), Jesús García (D-IL), Ro Khanna