Giving unions a chance to push back against powerful corporations on equal terms.
Support unions in pushing back against powerful corporations on equal terms.
Occurrences
Evidence
Sponsor: Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (Introduced 03/08/2023). Summary: this bill prohibits an employer from terminating or altering employer-provided health insurance during a lockout or lawful strike and establishes civil penalties.
Sponsor: Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (Introduced 05/21/2025). Latest Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. The bill would prohibit employers from terminating coverage during a lockout or lawful strike.
"Workers have a right to strike, and we have to defend that right by protecting workers from unfair strike-breaking tactics," said Congressman Deluzio. "No company should be able to hold a worker’s health – or the well-being of their family – hostage during a labor dispute. We need a level playing field..."
Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]* is listed as an original cosponsor of H.R.2736, the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2025, which concerns public-sector collective bargaining rights.
Sponsor: Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (Introduced 06/03/2025). The bill lists Deluzio as sponsor and includes a set of cosponsors; it targets corporate wrongdoing and accountability.
Sponsor: Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (Introduced 06/14/2024). The bill is in the Labor and Employment policy area and would extend OSHA-style protections to public sector workers.
Assessments
Deluzio fulfilled the support-oriented promise through repeated concrete pro-labor actions in the same congressional term: sponsoring bills to protect striking and locked-out workers' health coverage, backing collective bargaining legislation, introducing public-sector worker protections, and publicly framing these measures as creating a more equal bargaining field against employers. The record shows active legislative and public support for unions and workers against corporate power, even though several measures were not enacted.