The report, which builds off a similar 2009 report by Cornell professor Kate Bronfenbrenner, makes its case plain: Workers seeking to unionize take on enormous risk — at worst, they could lose their jobs — and federal law is not powerful enough to protect them. It’s a major hurdle in organizing low-wage workers. There is a federal bill, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which could significantly strengthen protections for workers seeking to organize, but it’s currently stalled in the House despite its 218 cosponsors.