A group of congressional staffers say they plan to organize a union for aides who work in lawmakers' offices and for committees on Capitol Hill, a day after Speaker Pelosi expressed support for such an effort.
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, the Congressional Workers Union said that they had been organizing as a volunteer group over the last year and are now announcing their plans to unionize"in solidarity with our fellow workers across the United States and the world." "While not all offices and committees face the same working conditions, we strongly believe that to better serve our constituents will require meaningful changes to improve retention, equity, diversity and inclusion on Capitol Hill," the group said."That starts with having a voice in the workplace."on Thursday.
Earlier Thursday at her weekly news conference, Pelosi said that she had recently backed the unionization at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Last week, a majority of employees at the House Democrats' campaign-fundraising arm voted to form what was described as the Democratic Party’s largest collective bargaining unit. Employees at the
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