Democrat Opposed to the PRO Act Was Showered With Cash From Amazon Executives Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia and Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, holds a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 14, 2021. SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP via Getty Images By Tactics used by Amazon to defeat the union organizing drive at the company’s Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse have highlighted the need for Democrats to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act). The legislation is a sweeping proposal that would implement the strongest protections for workers since 1935, when collective bargaining itself was first given legal protection in the United States.