On March 9th, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 or the PRO Act. The PRO Act is largely considered the biggest boost to labor in the last few decades as it seeks to increase America’s dwindling union membership. Amidst a deadly pandemic that has wiped out millions of jobs and transferred trillions of dollars upward, the PRO Act partially seeks to level the playing field and give workers more power as we head towards some semblance of economic recovery.
A labor sector that has been under-discussed in the impact of the PRO Act is what these new labor laws can do for major sports in America.