The following offices have tweeted generalized support for congressional unionization when the House changed its rules to allow for unions in 2022. All of these indicate legislative support for forming staff unions but indicate nothing about voluntary unionization. They each earn the respective Senators a single solidarity symbol on Question 1. Some of these Senators have clarified they supported Question 2 but others have not. The ones that have not clarified will not be given a solidary symbol until they make clear they support it. 

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• Senator Brown

• Senator Casey

• Senator Fetterman

• Senator Menendez

• Senator Warren

• Senator Sanders

• Senator Merkley 

• Senator Murray*

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The remainder of Senate Democrats that have scab symbols have not made public statements and did not return a request for a comment with the exception of Senator Baldwin's office.

Senator Baldwin gave a statement that said the following: "Senator Baldwin believes Congressional staff work hard to serve the public, and she fully supports their right to organize and unionize."

She was asked for clarification on if this means she supports voluntary unionization and no answer was recieved. She will recieve a grey solidarity symbol on Question 1 but a scab symbol for Question 2. 

*If there are any other offices that have publicly expressed support in some form, please email press@senateuniontracker.com and let us know. 

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Some Shoutouts

Senator Markey's office deserves special praise for being the absolute first office to not only agree with both of these questions, but also actually unionizing with the Senator's voluntary recognition. Their statement they gave to this tracker is below: 

“I applaud these passionate, dedicated workers who are exercising their right to organize through this fundamental, critical exercise in democracy. I am proud of my staff for embodying the commitment not to agonize, but to organize. I recognize their effort to unionize and look forward to engaging with them and the Congressional Workers Union.” 

Senator Hickenlooper's office gets points as well for being the first office other than Markey's to respond and make clear their stance on both questions. Senator Gillibrand's office replied within minutes of Senator Hickenlooper's and also gets points for this. 

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Last but certainly not least, the Congressional Workers Union deserves all the praise in the world possible. This website would not exist without their leadership and their work to change a far too often dysfunctional instutiton for the better.