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Joe Biden
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White House task force will promote union organizing
Officially federal labor law is supposed to encourage collective bargaining, but Biden says the government "has not used its full authority.”
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Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan
President Biden is asking Congress for $2 trillion in federal investment in infrastructure, research, training and home care over a decade.
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American Rescue
Signed into law March 11, a year after COVID was declared a pandemic, the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill took effect almost immediately.
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A message from the president
With Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama voting on a union this month, Joe Biden speaks out: Unions built the middle class, not Wall Street.
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Biden moves fast on pro-labor agenda
Two weeks in, Joe Biden is showing signs he may make good on his election eve pledge to be “the most pro-union President you’ve ever seen.”
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Questions for Senator Merkley
With Democrats now in charge of the Senate, Oregon’s Jeff Merkley could help pass major pro-worker legislation. We spoke by phone Jan. 28.
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Joe Biden’s promises to labor
Joe Biden is putting forward the most pro-labor campaign planks of any Democratic presidential nominee in generations.
