Hill Staff Trying to Unionize Need Bosses’ Approval First (1)

Unionizing House staff, who got a huge boost last week with Nancy Pelosi‘s endorsement of their effort, could move closer to their goal this week with the introduction of a measure that would sanction the action.

The legal framework for staffers to unionize has been in place since lawmakers first passed the Congressional Accountability Act (Public Law 104-1), which was initially passed in 1995 and then finalized through a rule-making process in 1996. But lawmakers never adopted a resolution needed to put the provision into effect.

Rep. Andy Levin, (D-Mich.) will introduce a resolution this week to activate ...