host: david madland is our guest. he is the strategic director of the american worker project at the center for american progress. we welcome your calls and comments. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. republicans (202) 748-8001. all others (202) 748-8002. like the last segment, we'll have the line for union members (202) 748-8003. i want to take a look at some of the recommendations your organization is calling on congress to do in terms of strengthening collective bargaining. you say all workers should be free to join a union and bargain. workers need more power to make collective-bargaining work in the modern economy. government should be on the side of strong unions and worker organizations. the government should ban right to work laws. this would be fairly aggressive federal legislation. is some of this in the works already? guest: you can see a number of bills that have elements of what we are proposing in congress. whichis the pro act, would reform the national labor relations act, which would fix glaring holes. the