I am so fed up with all the layoffs happening for no reason. In 2026 alone, more than 200,000 tech workers have been laid off.   It's a pattern that's repeated for years. And that's just one industry. We're seeing layoffs across so many others. 

These are companies people admire, companies that grew because workers helped build them, and then turned around and upended lives anyway. 

When layoffs become normal even at successful companies, workers are told they are disposable while investors get rewarded for it.

Families lose income, people lose health coverage, whole communities lose stability, and all of us are supposed to act like this is just how business works now. 

It should not be normal to throw people away when a company is still doing well.

Right now, federal law may require notice for some large layoffs, but it still does not stop a profitable company from doing them, and it does not require severance just because people were laid off.

That is the gap Congress needs to fix.

We need a federal fair layoff law that bars mass layoffs at profitable companies unless they can show real financial distress, and that imposes serious penalties and long-term severance obligations when they choose to cut workers anyway. 

Stronger protections against mass layoffs are already common across Europe, requiring companies to follow stricter procedures and, in many countries, provide financial compensation to affected workers. Why aren't we doing more to protect workers here?

If you believe workers are more than a line item, sign this petition.

If you're tired of seeing profitable companies celebrate their growth in the press, only to turn around and lay off the very people who made that growth possible in the same month, sign this petition.

We need major regulations now to stop senseless layoffs and make companies think twice before they rip apart thousands of lives.