U.S. government launches pension rescue Jul 14, 2021 In the Portland area, Plasterers Local 82 and OPEIU Local 11 could undo pension benefit cuts almost immediately.
Biden’s new trade enforcers May 19, 2021 The Biden Administration continues to name union figures to top government positions. The latest two appointments will oversee trade policy.
White House task force will promote union organizing May 4, 2021 Officially federal labor law is supposed to encourage collective bargaining, but Biden says the government “has not used its full authority.”
Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan Apr 14, 2021 President Biden is asking Congress for $2 trillion in federal investment in infrastructure, research, training and home care over a decade.
A Laborer atop the Department of Labor Mar 31, 2021 Marty Walsh, sworn in as labor secretary March 23, is the former head of Laborers Local 223 and the Boston Building Trades Council.
American Rescue Mar 18, 2021 Signed into law March 11, a year after COVID was declared a pandemic, the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill took effect almost immediately.
How the COVID relief bill saves union pensions Mar 18, 2021 The just-passed COVID relief bill will rescue and restore over 100 declining union pension plans.
House re-passes the PRO Act Mar 18, 2021 The U.S. House passed the PRO Act—labor’s top priority—March 9. Five Republicans joined all but one Democrat voting yes.
A message from the president Mar 3, 2021 With Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama voting on a union this month, Joe Biden speaks out: Unions built the middle class, not Wall Street.
Biden calls union leaders to the White House Feb 22, 2021 Continuing a string of overtures to the labor movement, Biden announced a pro-union NLRB nominee and reversed Trump moves on apprenticeship.
