 So I've previously talked about why the pro act is so important on this channel before but for those of you unfamiliar with this legislation and Specifically what it would do to promote unionization I want to read to you real quick this paragraph from a Jacobin article written by Mindy Iser who explains why this is so important She explains the pro act is the most sweeping pro labor legislation in decades It would effectively and anti-union right to work laws currently on the books in 28 States Institute financial penalties on employers that retaliate against workers who organize prohibit employers captive audience meetings Require employers to bargain a first contract in good faith repeal the prohibition on secondary boycotts an instrument of worker solidarity banned since the late 1940s and Bar employers from permanently replacing strikers. So needless to say this is incredibly important It is crucial this could be a game changer for worker rights in the United States of America and It passed the House of Representatives in early March the president Joe Biden supports this legislation. So the question is What's going on? What's the holdup? Well, of course the Senate is still needing to pass this and it hasn't yet passed Because there are a number of holdouts within the Democratic Party who are against it Can you take a guess as to who those holdouts are of course? It's the usual suspects Kyrsten Sinema, of course being one of them and after she gleefully voted down a $15 an hour minimum wage She joined her pals Rami manual and Joe Manchin to headline an event for the National Restaurant Association Which for those of you who don't know this is a lobbying group who's against unions Who's against the $15 an hour minimum wage? And this is who Kyrsten Sinema is palling around with and after she did all of that after she stuck it to workers She then posted a picture of herself on Instagram sipping on a drink with another coded message to workers I'm guessing fuck off. So if it wasn't already bad enough that these ghouls refused to support policies that would help struggling Americans Kyrsten Sinema goes out of her way to Make matters worse and throw it in your face that she doesn't care that you're struggling, right? She gleefully votes down the minimum wage and after receiving backlash She puts on a ring that says fuck off Presumably to all of the haters the haters who dared to pressure her to do her job and represent the people Who voted her in office? It's just it's insufferable. It's ridiculous. So when she's that brazen when she Refuses to support anything in spite of public backlash the question is is there any Usefulness and even trying to put pressure on her and the answer to that is yes Because guess what even though she's resistant to change even though she's wearing her cute little rings and colorful hats and She's trying to tell you to go fuck yourself If you're mad at her for voting down a $15 an hour minimum wage public pressure does work because Angus King who was against the pro act Received a lot of public pressure lots and lots of calls to his office and guess what he had a change of heart And even Kirsten Sinema's buddy Joe Manchin all of a sudden announced on Monday that he too is having a change of heart But don't take my word for it take his word for it I'm pleased to announce that I am co-sponsoring the pro act 50% of unions fell in their first year of organizing this legislation will level the playing field I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to move this bill through a legislative process Now does that sort of look like a hostage video? Yes Regardless though of the presentation Pressure works one by one We are chipping away at the holdouts and now it's the case that there's only a couple of holdouts left and as Ken Klippenstein explains those three individuals include Kirsten Sinema Mark Warner and Mark Kelly So here's what we're gonna do We're going to join the cause and put pressure on these folks because this is unacceptable If Kirsten Sinema isn't supporting a $15 an hour minimum wage That's terrible. She needs to change her mind on that But to not support the pro act means that you don't want them to have a high Wage and you don't even want them to have the opportunity to negotiate their wages because currently with this employer employee dichotomy that we're seeing It doesn't give workers any leverage at all but having unions actually levels the playing field at least a little bit So we're gonna demand that these folks actually change their mind So you can give Kirsten Sinema a call at two zero two two two four four five two one Mark Warner's phone number is two zero two two two four two zero two three Mark Kelly's phone number is two zero two two four two two three five and whenever I share phone numbers I get some messages from folks saying look I appreciate the fact that public pressure actually does make a difference But I'm a little bit awkward. I'm a little bit nervous to speak to anyone. Here's what I'll say Most of the time I'd say nine times out of ten when you call these numbers you get direct to the voicemail So you can leave a voice message. It's a lot less pressure But really you're just gonna speak to a staffer You're never gonna actually talk to the senator themselves and they're just gonna take down your message, right? It's it's not bad. I'm gonna call Kirsten Sinema because she's the one who's gotten on my nerves the most On camera just to kind of give you a little template as to what you can say really, I mean I don't even know what I'm gonna say as I call but it's not There's not really much pressure to just calling and leaving a message or telling the staffer that you demand That they support a policy like the pro act that's important for workers Doesn't even go to a person As soon as we can thank you and have a great day Hi, I know that Kirsten Sinema Doesn't like poor people. In fact, she hates poor people and she takes every opportunity She has to rub it in our faces that she doesn't care about us And I know that she probably gets off on the fact that Poor people are starving and dying across this country because she refuses to support policies that help people But if she could just do one thing It would make a huge difference in the lives of her constituents and Americans all across the country If she co-sponsored the pro act that would be a game changer for worker rights in America And if she can't even support basic legislation that does the bare minimum to embolden workers a little bit in this country Then why is she even there? What is the point of her being an elected official? Why is she a Democrat? Just join the Republicans I mean she was against the $15 an hour minimum wage and gleefully voted it down But if you can't even support the pro act I mean unions are supposed to be the Democratic Party's bread and butter This is a former Green Party member if she can't support the pro act then Not only are we going to do everything in our power to defeat her in the next election But we will continue to apply pressure on her until she buckles because it is Inexcusable that any Democrat would be against the pro act would be against the right to organize in the United States of America And I know that she's gonna have to check with her donors first because they really don't like the fact That she'd do anything to support workers But she needs to at least do this one thing if she wants the pressure to be a little bit less on her So tell her that we demand she supports this otherwise we will make sure that her career comes to an end in the Senate Thank you very much. I would recommend that you be more concise than me I always end up just ranting whenever I call politicians, but you know the message is Support the pro act you could just call and say I demand that senator Sinema supports the pro act and that's it you can hang up It's that simple so public pressure works and we've got to make sure to even do small things like this To try to get their attention and move them in the right direction