“As a country, today we will celebrate the inauguration of a new president on a stage built by IATSE union members,” IATSE tweeted. “Today the labor movement is uniting for a victory they delivered by electing pro-worker and pro-union […]
“If all goes as planned, policy-making in the nation’s capital will become a sleepy affair as Joe Biden takes office as the 46th president of the United States,” writes Eriq Gardner in The Hollywood Reporter. “Whereas Donald Trump’s erratic […]
Democrats will control the Senate majority for the first time in six years, ensuring that they will run the 20 permanent committees, seeking to carry out President Biden’s agenda and handling the confirmation of nominees for the […]
We at the AFL-CIO urge the Biden administration and Congress to seize this opportunity to transform the lives of working people through bold, structural change, starting with the following five priorities. First, worker empowerment. Because stronger unions are essential to addressing the multiple […]
“Walsh has a close personal relationship with President-elect Biden, which will give him leverage within the Cabinet,” writes John Logan in The Hill. “Walsh served as an effective surrogate for Biden during the presidential election campaign […]
“When Joe Biden was finally declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, many in the labor movement breathed a sigh of relief (some, like myself, a bit less enthusiastically than others),” writes Kim Kelly in Teen Vogue. “Biden won in no […]
“These ballot victories show that bold, progressive policies are enormously popular regardless of ideology,” writes Robert Reich in The American Prospect. “They’re proof that embracing humanity and dignity is both a sound moral choice and […]
On Wednesday, the Georgia Chapter of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations announced the approval of the Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff to remove incumbent Republican David Perdue. […]
The AFL-CIO, the country’s largest coalition of unions, praised President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for US trade representative, calling nominee Katherine Tai a “worker-champion.” “The labor movement and other worker advocates have long been […]
Joe Biden has started off his presidential transition process with good news for workers. His pick for Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, not only understands the impact of economic policies on working people, but she actively engages with us. […]
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