Biden Administration Proposes Pro-Union Measures for Federal Workers

By Teaganne Finn —

The White House task force on labor organizing has proposed a series of pro-union rules after President Joe Biden's attempts to strengthen unions suffered setbacks in Congress in his first year in office. The charge.

The White House Task Force on Organizing and Empowering Workers, led by Vice President Kamala Harris, released a report Monday outlining

“Unions have fought for and helped win many aspects of our working lives that we take for granted today,

like the 40-hour work week and the weekend, as well as historic programs like Medicare,” the report says.

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Among its recommendations, the report includes efforts to ensure that

There are also measures to help federal employees understand their rights to organize and bargain collectively, as well as to streamline access to unions.

“Four agencies - the Department of Labor, the Department of Defense, the Small Business Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services - will act to increase awareness of workers' organizing rights and employers' responsibilities when workers try to organize”, adds the report.

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Biden has accepted the recommendations, a White House official said, adding that the task force will submit a second report to the president in six months, outlining progress and including additional proposals.

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The task force, whose vice chair is Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, is made up of more than 20 Cabinet members and heads of other federal agencies.

A group of

staffers announced Friday that they

for aides who work in lawmakers' offices and on Capitol Hill committees.

As Biden has observed, the report says that “unions built the middle class [and] lift up workers, both union and non-union.”

Biden reiterated his promise to be the most pro-labor president in September.

“Work will always be welcome.

You have heard me say many times: I intend to be the most pro-union president at the head of the most pro-union Administration in the history of the United States,” he said in honor of unions.

His first year in office coincided with national unrest among workers in industries ranging from entertainment to manufacturing, as the nation battled the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many low-wage workers suffered greatly, but reaped benefits by collectively taking advantage of their positions and challenging their workplace conditions.

Biden, who created the task force last year,

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He also increased the production of personal protective equipment, issued stimulus checks and tax credits, expanded unemployment benefits, prevented layoffs, and financed industries like tourism, airlines, and railroads.

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However, his pro-labor position faced major setbacks in Congress.

The Law for the Protection of the Right to Organize, approved by the House of Representatives, has not been able to advance in the Senate.

The law would expand protection of workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively.

It would also impose greater penalties for violations of workers' rights by employers.

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, which also stalled in the Senate.

Biden's proposed $15 an hour minimum wage was also not included in the US Senate Rescue Plan.