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Kamala Harris' Public Statements on Issue: Labor Unions

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05/14/2021 Remarks by Vice President Harris and Secretary Marty Walsh Before Inaugural Meeting of the Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment
05/14/2021 Tweet - "The American Jobs Plan will: - Rebuild and modernize our nation's infrastructure - Create millions of good-paying, union jobs - Strengthen our economy for working families Simply put: it will build back our country stronger than it was before the pandemic."
05/13/2021 Tweet - "Every worker deserves to be treated with dignity and have a voice on the job. Unions ensure that. Today, @SecMartyWalsh and I met with our Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment to discuss how we can create good union jobs, help workers organize, and grow the economy."
04/26/2021 Tweet - "Every worker deserves the choice to join a union--and our country is better when more workers are union members. As Chair of the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment, I'll lead our efforts with @SecMartyWalsh to help workers organize and build power."
04/23/2021 Tweet - "I toured the IBEW Local 490 Training Center in Concord, NH. They train workers to get good union jobs in the building trades. Through the American Jobs Plan, we're going to help all workers get the skills they need for the good-paying jobs of the future, including union jobs."
04/19/2021 Tweet - "Today I stopped by Thomas Built Buses in High Point, North Carolina. The union workers there make electric school buses. These are the kinds of jobs we will create through the American Jobs Plan."
04/19/2021 Remarks by Vice President Harris on the American Jobs Plan
03/23/2021 Tweet - "We must protect the right to organize for all workers because everyone deserves to be protected, respected, and paid fairly. Throughout his life, @SecMartyWalsh has fought for the working people of Boston and as Secretary of Labor, he'll continue that fight for all Americans."
03/01/2021 Tweet - "There is dignity in all work. And when people can join together in unions, free from interference, every worker is more respected and protected. @POTUS and I support union workers and those working to unionize, in Alabama and across America."
02/18/2021 Tweet - "Yesterday, @POTUS and I met with labor leaders. Unions built the middle class, and we look forward to working alongside them to strengthen our nation's infrastructure, and create good, union-jobs."
01/10/2021 Tweet - "Our economic team members have track records of not only standing up for workers and unions, but spurring innovation, and creating opportunity for small business owners. And like President-elect @JoeBiden and I, they will fight to honor the dignity of work."
01/08/2021 Tweet - "From working with unions as San Francisco's District Attorney, to helping author the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights in the U.S. Senate, I've always fought for workers. And so will the economic team we announced today."
11/16/2020 Tweet - "Earlier today, President-elect @JoeBiden and I met with some of our nation's business and union leaders who represent millions of workers across our country. Together we discussed the impact this pandemic has had on workers and what we can do to build our country back better."
09/07/2020 Tweet - "Strong unions built the American middle class--everything from a 40-hour work week to paid leave was because of workers who organized and fought. And when @JoeBiden and I are in the White House, advancing worker rights will be a priority."
09/07/2020 Tweet - "There's no better day than Labor Day to spend time with union members in Wisconsin. The work labor unions do each and every day matters. It's because of them and the determination of workers across our country that we have overtime pay, worker protections, and more."
09/05/2020 Tweet - "This weekend, we must remember that labor built the middle class in our country and lifted up working Americans. We have unions to thank for better wages and safer working conditions. When @JoeBiden and I are in the White House, workers will have us fighting by their side."
03/04/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of the United States Department of Defense - U.S. Senator Tina Smith & Democratic Senate Colleagues Defend Right of Department of Defense Civilian Workers to Engage in Collective Bargaining
10/22/2019 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Menendez, Booker Press EPA on Abrupt End to Contract Negotiations with Employee Union
08/01/2019 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Durbin, Duckworth Urge VA Secretary To End Anti-Worker, Anti-Union Negotiation Tactics
07/31/2019 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Urges VA Secretary to End Anti-Worker, Anti-Union Tactics
07/23/2019 Letter to Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Van Hollen, Cardin Lead Full Democratic Caucus in Urging Social Security Administrator to Respect Employees and Their Unions
06/26/2019 Harris, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively
06/26/2019 Cortez Masto Cosponsors Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively
05/21/2019 Letter to Secretary Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Brown, Sanders, Murray Lead 20 Senators In Urging Labor Dept To Withdraw Proposed Rule That Would Deny Millions Of Workers Overtime Pay They Have Earned
05/15/2019 Letter to Ed Bastian, Chief Executive Officer of Delta Air Lines Inc. - Harris Demands Delta Cease Anti-Union Activities
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