National Restaurant Association Statement on the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act

Washington, D.C. – National Restaurant Association Vice President of Public Policy and Legal Advocacy Shannon Meade today released the following statement on the introduction of the PRO Act of 2021:

“The PRO Act will make radical changes to settled workplace policies creating chaos for the restaurant industry while it struggles to survive. The proposed changes erase a century of bipartisan consensus and balance reached by courts, regulators and lawmakers, and creates an entirely new national model for the employer-employee workplace.

“If enacted, this bill will cripple restaurants, the overwhelming majority of which are small- and family-owned businesses operating on single digit margins—and what hurts these businesses hurts their employees and their communities.” 

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Founded in 1919, the National Restaurant Association is the leading business association for the restaurant industry, which comprises 1 million restaurant and foodservice outlets and a workforce of 15.6 million employees. We represent the industry in Washington, D.C., and advocate on its behalf. We sponsor the industry's largest trade show (National Restaurant Association Show); leading food safety training and certification program (ServSafe); unique career-building high school program (the NRAEF's ProStart). For more information, visit Restaurant.org and find us on Twitter @WeRRestaurants, Facebook and YouTube.