The narrowly divided Pennsylvania House on Wednesday approved it on a vote of 102 to 99, with nearly all of the “yes” votes being cast by Democrats.
View of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on April 2, 2023. A proposed workers' rights amendment to the state constitution passed the narrowly divided Pennsylvania House on Wednesday, the first step in a process that, if successful, will take years to complete.over to the Republican-controlled state Senate on a 102-99 vote.
The bill would add constitutional language that state workers have "the fundamental right to organize and bargain collectively" and that no state law can interfere with it.
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