What it means: The PRO Act includes numerous labor laws that would harm small businesses. NFIB sent letters of opposition to protect small businesses from increased labor costs and burdensome regulations.

Our take: “The PRO Act is anti-worker, anti-free choice, and anti-small business. It includes numerous policies that are not only overwhelmingly opposed by small business owners but have also been dismissed in the courts and rejected by Congress for decades,” said Dylan Rosnick, NFIB Principal of Federal Government Relations. 

Take Action: Urge your legislators to oppose the PRO Act, which would significantly harm small businesses.

The Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2025 was reintroduced in the U.S. House and Senate. This legislation would dramatically change long-standing employment laws in favor of labor unions at the expense of small businesses and American workers.

The legislation includes many policies that small businesses oppose and limits free choice. NFIB sent letters to leaders of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in strong opposition.

The PRO Act includes harmful provisions including:

• Allowing unions to participate in secondary boycotts
• Requiring employers to provide personal contact information of employees to union organizers
• Implementing a strict, arbitrary, and complex employee vs. independent contractor classification test, which would curtail the right of small businesses to hire and classify workers as independent contractors
• Abolishing state right-to-work laws
• Banning so-called “captive audience” meetings

Learn more about the specifics of the legislation and how it would impact your small business. Take action and urge your legislators to oppose this harmful bill.