| May 2, 2022
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Tweet - "The unemployment rate was 6.4% when I took office. Now, because of our economic plans, it's down to 3.6%. That's the fastest decline in unemployment ever recorded."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 30, 2022
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Tweet - "Through decades of organizing, negotiating, picketing, and protesting, labor unions secured vital workplace protections that union and non-union workers rely on today, and we are working to strengthen both unions and the workplace protections they provide."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 28, 2022
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Tweet - "Ensuring worker safety is a national priority and a moral imperative. On Workers Memorial Day, we honor and remember those who lost their lives on the job and reaffirm every worker's basic right to a safe and healthy workplace."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 23, 2022
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Tweet - "The unemployment rate for veterans is 2.4%--tied for the lowest rate on record. There is still more work to do, but this historic progress is the result of rebuilding America's economy from the bottom up and the middle out."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 21, 2022
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Statement by President Biden on Veterans Unemployment Matching Historic Low
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 20, 2022
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Tweet - "If we are going to build America for a future prepared to meet its challenges, we have to strengthen labor unions."
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Kamala Harris
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| April 16, 2022
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Tweet - "Unemployment is at 3.6%, down from 6.4% when I took office. The fastest decline in unemployment to start a President's term ever recorded."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 16, 2022
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Tweet - "Last year, we made a historic investment in our nation's infrastructure when we passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It'll put thousands of union workers, sheet metal workers, carpenters, pipefitters, and plumbers to work across the country to modernize our infrastructure."
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Kamala Harris
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| April 15, 2022
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Statement from President Biden on State Unemployment Rates
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 15, 2022
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Tweet - "Today, we learned that in March, twelve states hit record low unemployment. More families than ever before -- in states from Alaska to Wisconsin -- have a little more breathing room. We're not letting up."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 15, 2022
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Tweet - "We created 365,000 new manufacturing jobs in America just last year. The best year for U.S. manufacturing jobs in nearly 30 years. Good-paying jobs. Jobs you can raise a family on. Jobs that can't be outsourced."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 14, 2022
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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."
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Kamala Harris
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| April 14, 2022
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Tweet - "American manufacturing is coming back. And when we build more in America, it increases our economic capacity and helps lower everyday prices for families."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 13, 2022
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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."
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Kamala Harris
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| April 12, 2022
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Remarks by Vice President Harris on the Administration's Historic Commitment to Worker Organizing and Empowerment
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Kamala Harris
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| April 10, 2022
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Tweet - "Americans are getting back to work at a historic pace. Over the last four weeks, fewer Americans filed initial claims for unemployment insurance than at any time in our nation's recorded history."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 9, 2022
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Tweet - "America is back to work. Our economy added 7.9 million jobs since I took office--more jobs created on average per month than under any other president in history. That's millions of families with a little more breathing room and the dignity a job provides."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 7, 2022
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Statement from President Joe Biden on Unemployment Insurance Claims
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 7, 2022
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Tweet - "Over the last four weeks, fewer Americans filed initial claims for unemployment insurance than at any time in our nation's recorded history. America is back to work."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 6, 2022
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Remarks by President Biden at North America's Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 4, 2022
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Tweet - "Since I took office, we've begun to turn things around. 2021 was the best year for trucking employment since 1994. There are now 35,000 more trucking jobs than there were before the pandemic."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 4, 2022
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Tweet - "A key ingredient to getting and keeping more drivers was increasing training programs. Typically, it takes months to create a registered apprenticeship program. Now, it takes as little as two days. As a result, in the last 90 days 100 major employers have launched new programs."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 4, 2022
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Tweet - "When we heard that there were long wait times in many states for people wanting to get Commercial Drivers Licenses, we took action. We provided hands-on help, as well as $57 million. I'm proud to report that so far in 2022 we're issuing CDLs at double the rate of last year."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 1, 2022
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Tweet - "Over the course of my presidency, our recovery has now created 7.9 million jobs--the most jobs created over the first 14 months of any presidency, in any term, ever."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 1, 2022
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Remarks by President Biden on the March Jobs Report
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| April 1, 2022
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Tweet - "We just learned that unemployment is now down to 3.6% and, in March, our economy created 431,000 jobs. This is a historic recovery -- Americans are back at work."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| March 24, 2022
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Tweet - "The unemployment data out today shows that Americans are back to work. Thanks in part to our economic recovery policies, unemployment claims are at the lowest levels in more than 50 years."
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Kamala Harris
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| March 15, 2022
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Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay Equity and Transparency
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Feb. 4, 2022
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Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Feb. 4, 2022
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Remarks by Vice President Harris at Signing of an Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements
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Kamala Harris
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| Feb. 4, 2022
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Remarks by President Biden on the January Jobs Report
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Feb. 4, 2022
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Remarks by President Biden at Signing of an Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Feb. 4, 2022
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Tweet - "The Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements will help ensure federal construction projects are built on time -- improving $262 billion in construction work around the country and improving job quality for nearly 200,000 workers."
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Kamala Harris
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| Jan. 28, 2022
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Statement by President Joe Biden on $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Workers and Contractors Going into Effect
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Jan. 21, 2022
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Tweet - "From adding 6 million new jobs to the unemployment rate dropping to 3.9%, last year was a year of enormous progress. We're getting America's economy back on track."
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Kamala Harris
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| Jan. 20, 2022
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Tweet - "When I took office a year ago, our nation was in crisis. 18 million Americans were receiving unemployment benefits and less than 1% of adults were vaccinated. Today, the unemployment rate has dropped to 3.9% and nearly 75% of adults have been fully vaccinated. That's progress."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Jan. 20, 2022
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Tweet - "In our first year in office: --More than 6 million jobs created --The unemployment rate is down to 3.9% --Unemployment claims are at their lowest level since 1969 We're making historic progress for workers, small businesses, and our economy--and it's only just the beginning."
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Kamala Harris
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| Jan. 19, 2022
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Tweet - "In our first year we achieved: - A record number of jobs created - A record drop in the unemployment rate - A record drop in unemployment claims We're getting America back to work."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Jan. 7, 2022
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Tweet - "Today, the nation's unemployment rate fell to 3.9%. That's the sharpest one year drop in unemployment in U.S. history."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Jan. 7, 2022
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Remarks by President Biden on the December 2021 Jobs Report
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Jan. 3, 2022
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Tweet - "We've added more than 300,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs since I took office, and we're going to keep at it. Because more of what we buy in America should be made in America."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Dec. 30, 2021
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Tweet - "When I came into office, our economy was in crisis. But over the last 11 months, we've added nearly 6 million jobs. That's the largest increase in recorded history."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Dec. 30, 2021
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Tweet - "Across America our economic recovery plan is working. With over six million jobs created in the last year, our average number of unemployment claims is down to its lowest level in 52 years."
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Kamala Harris
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| Dec. 30, 2021
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Tweet - "Last year at this time, there were 823,000 Americans filing new jobless claims each week. This last week, that number was less than 200,000. That's historic progress."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Dec. 22, 2021
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Remarks by President Biden in Meeting with the Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Dec. 20, 2021
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Tweet - "My Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will make high-speed internet affordable and available everywhere in America -- and create jobs laying down broadband lines."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Dec. 12, 2021
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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."
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Kamala Harris
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| Dec. 10, 2021
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Tweet - "Every employee has the right to collectively bargain. Full stop."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Dec. 10, 2021
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Tweet - "I am deeply troubled by reports of Kellogg's plans to permanently replace striking workers. Permanently replacing striking workers is an existential attack on the union and its members' jobs and livelihoods. I strongly support legislation that would ban that practice."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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| Dec. 7, 2021
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Tweet - "Since I took office in January, we've had the fastest drop in unemployment in a single year -- and the most jobs added in the first 11 months of a year. America is on the move once again."
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Pres. Joe Biden
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