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Kamala Harris' Public Statements on Issue: Labor Unions

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01/03/2024 Remarks by Vice President Harris at Culinary Workers Union Local 226 | Las Vegas, NV
10/13/2023 Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on Tentative Agreement Between Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions
08/28/2023 Press Call by Vice President Harris, Secretary Janet Yellen, and Senior Administration Officials on the Treasury Worker Task Force Report Release
12/10/2022 Tweet - "Congratulations to the newest members of the United Auto Workers at the Ultium Cells LLC EV battery plant in Warren, Ohio. These union jobs will strengthen our economy, while tackling the climate crisis."
09/10/2022 Tweet - "Great news for our Minor League Baseball athletes who will now be able to join a union with @MLBPA . This historic effort is long overdue and is thanks to players and leaders who fought years to organize."
09/09/2022 Tweet - "Steelworkers are helping us rebuild our nation. Educators inspire our children and shape our future. Firefighters put their lives at risk to keep our communities safe. Union workers work for the entire nation."
08/21/2022 Tweet - "Everyone benefits from the labor movement. When union wages are up, everybody's wages go up; when union workplaces are safer, all workplaces are safer. We are proud to be the most pro-labor Administration in history."
08/10/2022 Remarks by Vice President Harris at the United Steelworkers Constitutional Convention
07/20/2022 Tweet - "We are in a new era of the labor movement. Our teachers and NEA have always understood the power in moving our nation forward."
05/06/2022 Tweet - "We are in a new era of the labor movement. Yesterday, @POTUS and I met with organizers who are fighting for better wages, benefits, and respect for workers."
05/05/2022 Tweet - "Unions build the middle class and move our nation forward. Today @SecMartyWalsh and I will meet with grassroots labor organizers to discuss their extraordinary efforts to organize unions in their workplaces."
04/20/2022 Tweet - "If we are going to build America for a future prepared to meet its challenges, we have to strengthen labor unions."
04/14/2022 Tweet - "Unions bring people together, protect workers from harassment and discrimination, and give workers a voice. They move our nation forward. When unions win, America wins."
04/13/2022 Tweet - "We are determined to lead the most pro-worker Administration in history. Yesterday, I visited Philadelphia with Sec. Marty Walsh to meet with labor leaders at Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 training center."
04/12/2022 Remarks by Vice President Harris on the Administration's Historic Commitment to Worker Organizing and Empowerment
12/12/2021 Tweet - "It is wrong to fire workers for demanding better treatment and wages. Our Administration is concerned about Kellogg's plans to permanently replace their workers who are currently on strike. Workers in America have the right to demand better."
09/06/2021 Tweet - "The American people know that when unions win, workers win. Families win. Communities win. Democracy wins. When unions win, America wins."
09/06/2021 Tweet - "This Labor Day, we honor the work the labor movement has done to fight for better wages, safer working conditions, and sick days. When unions are strong, America is strong."
09/06/2021 Tweet - "When workers are heard, when unions are strong, our country is strong."
07/21/2021 Tweet - "When workers are heard... When unions are strong... Our economy is strong."
06/29/2021 Tweet - "The Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework will: - Create good union jobs - Strengthen our economy - Help our nation compete"
06/26/2021 Tweet - "When we support unions, we lift up the middle class and everyone in America benefits."
06/21/2021 Tweet - "Today in Pittsburgh, @SecMartyWalsh and I met with Google contract workers who voted to form a union with the @Steelworkers in the Fall of 2019--the first white-collar tech union in the country."
06/21/2021 Tweet - ". @SecMartyWalsh and I just met with organizers from unions representing workers in a variety of sectors. The right of workers to organize and collectively bargain could not be more important. Because when unions are strong, America is strong."
05/15/2021 Tweet - "One of the best paths to a good job is through a strong union. The American Jobs Plan will create millions of good-paying, union jobs."

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