Within weeks, CWU was flooded with interest from hundreds of staffers.

数百名CWU员工对此充满了兴趣。

The staffers, who represent the still aspirational Congressional Workers Union (CWU), have two goals.

这些工作人员代表着仍然雄心勃勃的国会工人工会(CWU)，他们有两个目标。

One problem is that CWU members face legal risk.

其中一个问题是工会成员面临法律风险。

When Pelosi said yes, CWU organizers seized the moment.

当佩洛西说可以的时候，CWU的组织者抓住了这个机会。

" It had been snowballing pretty smoothly, " says one CWU member, " until that week created an avalanche."

“在那一周发生雪崩之前，雪球滚得相当顺利。”

CWU organizers say they aren't intimidated by the significant hurdles ahead.

CWU组织者表示，他们并没有被前方的重大障碍吓倒。

Staffers are incentivized to " become the lobbyists that the next staffer who has no institutional expertise has to rely on, " says a CWU member.

一名工会成员说，员工们受到激励，“成为下一个没有机构专业知识的员工必须依赖的游说者”。

CWU members have since advised several staffers on how to advocate for salary increases tied to the boost-a small victory, but one that gives purpose.

此后，工会成员就如何倡导与奖金挂钩的加薪问题向几名员工提出了建议——这虽然只是一个小小的胜利，但却非常有意义。

If it can't act to legislatively protect U.S. workers, says a member of the CWU, " then the next thing that Congress can do to help the labor movement is to look at their own workers."

CWU的一名成员说，如果国会不能通过立法保护美国工人，“那么国会为帮助工人运动所能做的下一件事就是关注他们自己的工人。”