Cedar is a third-year law student at Vermont Law School studying environmental and human rights law. Cedar is also a tribal member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation and lineal descendant of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.
This newly introduced bipartisan bill called the People Over Poison Act (H.R. 9528) seeks to mandate health warning labels on pesticides and restore consumers' rights to sue chemical manufacturers.
Because unions provide a voice on wages, safety, and other issues, they empower workers at a moment when a depressing sense of helplessness haunts many other Americans.