BOSTON – During an interview on the Sunday edition of “Keller At Large,” Massachusetts AFL-CIO president Chrissy Lynch talked about the state of labor in Massachusetts. Lynch also discussed why the organization is backing Democrat Kamala Harris this November.
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
“It’s really hard to organize a union,” said Lynch, a South Shore native and veteran labor activist who’s been busy trying to change that for the past 11 months since stepping into her current role.
Lynch discussed the importance of passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a bill filed in Congress several years ago that establish and expand a range of protections of workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively.
“Corporations have figured out how to make it impossible for workers who want to join a union to join,” Lynch said. “The PRO Act would really level the playing field.”