The House passed a resolution Tuesday night allowing congressional staff to unionize.
and then on top of that the January 6 insurrection — it just got to a point where I enjoyed my time here but it was time for me to go," he said.
Luchette wasn't the only one to leave. Last year, turnover among House staffers reached its highest rate in at least 20 years. A recent report found roughly one in eight congressional staffers make less than a living wage. House staffers will be able to join a union, if they choose, but it isn't a requirement under the resolution.
"It's a really big deal to say just as a matter of law, you, staffers of Capitol Hill have the right to form a union," said Michigan Rep. Andy Levin, who introduced the measure. It comes amid a reinvigorated movement over labor rights as workers take on some of the biggest corporations in the country, including Amazon and
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