Union members across the country went all out during the 2020 campaign to elect a pro-worker president to the White House. And over the past year, the Biden–Harris administration has been delivering for America’s workers. From the passage of the American Rescue Plan to the enactment of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the labor movement has made real progress working in partnership with this administration.
Here are just some of the other advances we’ve achieved in the last year:
• President Biden fired the anti-worker National Labor Relations Board general counsel and installed a pro-worker majority on the board.
• Union member Marty Walsh (LIUNA) was appointed to serve as secretary of labor.
• The Biden–Harris administration created the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment.
• President Biden used his bully pulpit to advance the causes of the labor movement, including calling for passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, supporting workers’ right to organize at Amazon and calling out Kellogg’s corporate greed during an active strike.
• More of President Biden’s lower court judicial nominees were confirmed in his first year than any president since John Kennedy.
• President Biden appointed more Black women to the U.S. Court of Appeals than any president in history.
As we look to the future, our sights are set on passing the Build Back Better Act, reforming America’s outdated labor laws, and protecting our basic rights and freedoms. Our job is far from over, and we’re ready to continue making progress for all working people in this country.
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