Sen. Tim Scott is introducing legislation to curb union power and help workers who want to avoid unionization — the inverse of labor legislation sought by Democrats that could burnish the South Carolina Republican’s credentials for higher office.

The Employee Rights Act, the text of which was provided exclusively to the Washington Examiner in advance of its Tuesday introduction, would include protections for gig workers, a fast-growing category of workers that is the subject of intense fighting between unions and corporations. The legislation stands in stark contrast to the Protecting the Right to Organize Act pursued by Democrats, which would expand collective bargaining rights to gig workers, in addition to undoing state right-to-work laws.