Senator Tammy Baldwin has introduced a bill aimed at protecting workers on strike.
Sen. Baldwin teamed uyp with Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego to announce the Striking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act, which would protect workers’ health care benefits and prevent employers from using their power to cancel or alter health insurance for workers exercising their right to strike.
In the announcement, the duo note that, in Wisconsin, two unions faced threats from employers, including striking United Auto Workers (UAW) at Cummins in Oshkosh, in which workers’ health care through Cummins is still terminated as their strike for better working conditions nears the three-month mark.
Sen. Baldwin said of the bill, “Every Wisconsin worker deserves to be treated with dignity and respect on the job. When employers fail to keep their end of that bargain, workers also have the right to strike for fair pay and safe working conditions.”
The measure is supported by numerous unions from around the country.
