U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia's Washington and district offices have taken the initial step toward forming a union, making it the first Texas congressional office to do so. A House resolution adopted last year gave House staffers the right to unionize.
, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news., D-Houston, have taken the initial step toward forming a union — the first Texas congressional office to do so.
“To quote Congresswoman Garcia, ‘unions fight for the dignity and respect of working people.’ We look forward to joining the eleven other offices who have successfully unionized and hope that our efforts will help start a conversation for more congressional staffers in the future,” the statement said.
A staff member familiar with the effort said staffers are happy with Garcia’s leadership but wanted an avenue to secure standard work protections and to negotiate with managers, including Garcia’s longtime chief of staff, John Chapa Gorczynski. Garcia’s Washington-based deputy chief of staff, Courtney Broderick, and district deputy chief of staff, Chris McCarthy, are also included in office management.
“And however they want to decide, and whatever decision they make on when to vote for a union and how to organize a union, we’re going to be supportive of whatever decision they choose to make,” Gorczynski said.
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