Marni von Wilpert Runs for Congress to Revive Labor Bill Stalled Since 2021
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 12
Marni von Wilpert Runs for Congress to Revive Labor Bill Stalled Since 2021
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 12
Summary
Marni von Wilpert says a top reason for her House bid is to push federal labor-law reform over the finish line after the Pro Act passed the House in 2021 but stalled in the Senate.
The San Diego city council member helped draft the legislation while serving as an NLRB attorney from 2014 to 2017, arguing current rules leave workers facing retaliation cases and overturned union elections for three to four years.
The bill would update the 1935 National Labor Relations Act, strengthen protections for organizing workers and let the NLRB levy monetary penalties and hold corporate executives liable for labor violations.
In November, von Wilpert faces Trump-endorsed county supervisor Jim Desmond in a newly redrawn San Diego district that slightly favors Democrats, with polls showing the race essentially even.
Von Wilpert is making her labor background central to a Democratic affordability-and-workers message as the party tries to win back the House.