Don't Trap Workers

The Campaign

Recently, four Republican congressmen wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission declaring war on the FTC’s new federal rule to ban harmful, predatory noncompete agreements: Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, Rep. Darrell Issa, and Rep. Tom Massie.

They made a choice to stand with corporate monopolies over hard-working constituents.

Their letter made clear that they stand with the exploitative contracts that block nearly 1 in 5 workers, including a disproportionate number of low wage employees and people of color, from negotiating higher pay, freely changing jobs, and being able to start a new business.

And like clockwork a few weeks later, the Chamber of Commerce launched a new attack stating that they would legally challenge the ban if it goes through. Big Business and their political allies are waging a war.

Corporate monopolies, Wall Street and their lobbyists, and the right-wing politicians doing their bidding are suiting up to fight the proposed ban on noncompetes. They’d rather protect corporate bosses than their own constituents. Their attacks won’t go unanswered - we’re fighting back.