| April 27, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Watson Coleman, Pocan, Carbajal, 150 Other Members of Congress Request Increased Protections for Frontline Federal Workers
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Rep. Betty McCollum, ...
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| April 27, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Release: Rep. Khanna, Sen. Warren lead letter to include Essential Workers Bill of Rights in next relief package
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, ...
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| April 23, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury, and the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin, of the Small Business Administration - U.S. Senator Tina Smith Presses Treasury, Small Business Administration to Support Cooperatives, Rural Hospitals and Businesses in Minnesota, Across Nation By Making Firms Eligible for Paycheck Protection Program
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Sen. Tina Smith
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| April 21, 2020
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Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Feinstein, Merkley, Blumenthal, Colleagues Push for Urgent Workforce Development Investment
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| April 20, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury - U.S. Senator Tina Smith & Colleagues to Secretary Mnuchin: Workers--Not Just Businesses--Must Benefit from Stimulus Package
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| April 16, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury, and the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the Dept. of Education - Merkley, DeFazio, Bonamici Rebuke Administration for Unlawful Wage Garnishment
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, ...
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| April 16, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury, and the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin, of the Small Business Administration - U.S. Senators Tina Smith, John Hoeven Lead Bipartisan Push to Treasury Department, Small Business Administration to Ensure Eligibility of Rural Electric Cooperatives in Paycheck Protection Program
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| April 16, 2020
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Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, and Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Dem Letter on PPP Demands Rules Requiring Equitable Lending from Banks
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Rep. Angie Craig, ...
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| April 15, 2020
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Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Baldwin Leads Call for Emergency OSHA Standard to Protect Essential Workers in COVID-19 Response Legislation
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| April 15, 2020
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Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Sec. of the Treasury, and Jovita Carranza, Admin. of the Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Democratic Lawmakers Calling For Trump Administration to Ensure That Minority-Owned Small Businesses Are Not Shut Out Of Funding From Paycheck Protection Program
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| April 13, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Rep. TJ Cox Leads Bipartisan Effort to Make State and Local Governments Eligible for Emergency Paid Leave Payroll Tax Credits
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, ...
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| April 10, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Rep. Susie Lee to Leadership: Fund Community Health Centers in Next Congressional Relief Package
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Rep. Betty McCollum, ...
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| April 8, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury, and the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin, of the Small Business Administration - After pressure from Tester, all Montana taverns, casinos & bars are now eligible for Paycheck Protection Program
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| April 7, 2020
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Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Rep. Grijalva Leads 41 Members of Congress in Urging Hazard Pay and Protections for Essential Workers to Help Address COVID-19 Impact Disparities
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, ...
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| April 7, 2020
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Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Sec. of the Treasury - U.S. Senator Tina Smith to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: Make Sure Americans Experiencing Homelessness Get Coronavirus Relief Payments
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| April 7, 2020
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Letter to Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor - Baldwin, Democratic Colleagues Press Trump Administration on Unemployment Benefits
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| March 20, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader - Chairs DeFazio, Doggett to Corporations: Put Workers First in Economic Recovery
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Rep. Betty McCollum, ...
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| March 19, 2020
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Letter to Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, and Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor - Bipartisan, Bicameral Effort to Help Protect Domestic Food Supply During Coronavirus Pandemic
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| March 18, 2020
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Klobuchar Statement on Senate Passage of Families First Coronavirus Response Act
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar
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| March 16, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Durbin, Duckworth, Colleagues Urge President Trump To Immediately Maximize Telework For Federal Employees
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| March 12, 2020
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Van Hollen Joins Peters, Colleagues in Introducing Bill with Colleagues to Provide Unemployment Assistance to Those Affected by Coronavirus
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| March 12, 2020
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Feinstein, Smith Introduce Bill to Protect Quarantined Workers From Being Fired or Punished by Employers Amid Coronavirus
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| March 12, 2020
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U.S. Senator Tina Smith Introduces Bill to Protect Quarantined Workers From Being Fired or Punished by Employers Amid Coronavirus
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Sen. Tina Smith
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| March 11, 2020
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Sen. Smith Leads Fight to End Federal Contracts with Companies that Mistreat Employees & Violate Worker Protection Laws that Mistreat Employees & Violate Worker Protection Laws
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Sen. Tina Smith
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| March 10, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Labor - CORONAVIRUS: Murray, Democrats Push Scalia to Advocate for Workers, Question DOL's Absence from Task Force
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| March 9, 2020
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Langevin Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Bolster Nation's Infrastructure Workforce
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Rep. Angie Craig, ...
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| March 6, 2020
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U.S. Senator Tina Smith Fights to Increase Diversity in Corporate Leadership
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Sen. Tina Smith
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| March 5, 2020
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Stauber Votes to Improve Worker Protections for TSA Employees
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Rep. Pete Stauber
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| March 5, 2020
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Feinstein, Cortez Masto, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Increase Diversity in Corporate Leadership
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| March 4, 2020
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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
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| March 3, 2020
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Letter to Chairwoman Puchala, the Hon. Kyle Fortson, and the Hon. Gerald Fauth - Congressman Lowenthal, 35 Colleagues, Call On National Mediation Board To Help Low-Paid Airline Caterers In Labor Dispute
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Rep. Angie Craig, ...
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| March 2, 2020
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Letter to Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor - Senator Murray, DeLauro, Blunt, Cole Question DOL on Misuse of Apprenticeship Grant Funding
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| March 2, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Labor - Kaine Calls On Trump Administration To Protect Students, Teachers, School Staff, And Workers In Face Of Novel Coronavirus
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| Feb. 27, 2020
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Letter to Hon. Linda Puchala, Chairwoman of the National Mediation Board, Hon. Gerald Fauth and Hon. Kyle Fortson, Board Members of the National Mediation Board - Pocan Fights for Air Wisconsin Flight Attendants' Wages
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Rep. Betty McCollum, ...
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| Feb. 26, 2020
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Congresswoman Angie Craig Announces February as National Career and Technical Education Month
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Rep. Angie Craig
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| Feb. 24, 2020
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U.S. Sens. Smith & Sasse Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Credit Union Employee Safety, Simplify Operations
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| Feb. 19, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Labor - Van Hollen, Murray, Democrats Push Departments of Education and Labor to Withdraw Rules Allowing for Federally Sanctioned Discrimination
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| Feb. 11, 2020
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Klobuchar, Rubio Bill to Support Veterans Re-entering Workforce Signed into Law
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| Feb. 7, 2020
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Letter to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon - Baldwin, Brown, Sanders Demand Answers From Amazon as Work-Related Injuries Continue to Rise
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| Feb. 3, 2020
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U.S. Senator Tina Smith Continues Fight to Strengthen Workers' Rights and Wages
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Sen. Tina Smith
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| Jan. 27, 2020
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Letter to Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rounds, King, Harris, Pingree, Keating, Bergman Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging Administration to Increase the Number of Temporary, Non-Immigrant H-2B Workers for 2020
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| Jan. 16, 2020
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Emmer and Stauber Respond to Introduction of Anti-Mining, Anti-Jobs Legislation
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Rep. Tom Emmer, ...
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| Jan. 15, 2020
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Letter to Roxanne Rothschild, Executive Secretary of the National Labor Relations Board - Warren joins Murray, Colleagues in Denouncing NLRB Proposal to Strip Students Employed by Private Universities of Workplace Rights
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| Jan. 10, 2020
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Letter to the Hon Preston Rutledge, Assistant Secretary of Labor - Rep. Lee, Colleagues to Labor Department: Enforce Mental Health Parity Law
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, ...
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| Jan. 9, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, the Hon. Steny Hoyer, Majority Leader, and the Hon. James Clyburn, Majority Whip of the House of Representatives - Golden Leads 75 Members of Congress to Call for Floor Vote on PRO Act
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, ...
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| Dec. 20, 2019
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U.S. Senators Tina Smith and David Perdue Introduce Bipartisan Youth Workforce Readiness Act
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| Dec. 19, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health - Citing Trump Administration Inaction, Sanders and Omar Pursue Oversight Effort on Amazon Workplace Abuse
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, ...
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| Dec. 17, 2019
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Stauber Successfully Teams up with Trump Administration During Appropriations Process to Save Mining Jobs
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Rep. Pete Stauber
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| Dec. 9, 2019
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Letter to Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Cardin, Senators Defend Social Security Workers, Urge Reversal of Abrupt Cancellation of Telework
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| Dec. 3, 2019
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Stauber Applauds Agreement to Hire Local Labor for Line 3 Replacement Project
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Rep. Pete Stauber
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| Nov. 19, 2019
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Letter to Doug Parker, Chairman and CEO of American Airlines, Oscar Munoz, CEO of United Airlines, and Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines Inc. - Brown Presses Airlines to Require Catering Contracting Companies to Pay Workers Living Wages
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| Nov. 14, 2019
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Ernst: "It's past time we modernize our family and medical leave policies to serve the needs of parents and families in today's world'
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| Nov. 12, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Janet Dhillon, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Senator Murray, 28 Democrats Oppose EEOC Decision to Stop Collecting Data Needed to Combat Wage Discrimination
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| Oct. 29, 2019
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Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020
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Sen. Tina Smith
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| Oct. 24, 2019
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U.S. Senators Smith, Brown, Van Hollen, Kaine, Cardin & Warner Continue Fight to Secure Back Pay From Last Government Shutdown for Federal Contractor Employees
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Sen. Tina Smith
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| Oct. 23, 2019
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U.S. Senator Tina Smith, U.S. Representative Angie Craig Introduce 21st Century Workforce Partnerships Act
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Sen. Tina Smith
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| Oct. 22, 2019
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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
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| Oct. 15, 2019
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CNN Democratic Primary Debate
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| Oct. 11, 2019
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Dingell, Tlaib, McCollum, EPA workers and AFGE union discuss closure of Grosse Ile station, attacks on employees' rights, agency mission
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Rep. Betty McCollum, ...
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| Oct. 4, 2019
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Letter to Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor - Raskin Opposes Department Of Labor's Proposed Rule Allowing Discrimination In Hiring Practices
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Rep. Betty McCollum, ...
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| Oct. 2, 2019
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Letter to Hon. Janet Dhillon, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - 50+ Members Oppose Trump Admin. Decision To Stop Pay Data Collection
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, ...
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| Sept. 12, 2019
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Sen. Booker, Reps. Watson Coleman and Omar Introduce Bicameral Bill to Create Federal Jobs Guarantee Program
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, ...
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| Sept. 5, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker United States House of Representatives, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman House Committee on Appropriations, and the Hon. Mike Quigley, Chairman Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Raskin Leads 217 Members in Supporting Federal Workers' Collective Bargaining Rights
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Rep. Betty McCollum, ...
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| Aug. 27, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Patrick Pizzella, Acting Secretary, Department of Labor - U.S. Senator Tina Smith, Democratic Colleagues Fight for Nation's Registered Apprenticeship Program
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| Aug. 26, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Adele Gagliardi, Admin. of the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Office of Policy Development and Research - Over 125 House Democrats to DOL: Changes to Apprenticeship System Violate the Law
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, ...
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| Aug. 26, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Patrick Pizzella, Acting Secretary of the Department of Labor - Harris, Feinstein, Colleagues Oppose Labor Department Proposal to Create Duplicative, Lower-Quality Unregistered Apprenticeships
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| Aug. 22, 2019
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Stauber Applauds Twin Metals' Commitment to Hiring Union Labor
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Rep. Pete Stauber
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| Aug. 18, 2019
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Klobuchar Calls on TSA to Improve Staffing at MSP
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar
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| Aug. 1, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Durbin, Duckworth Urge VA Secretary To End Anti-Worker, Anti-Union Negotiation Tactics
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| July 31, 2019
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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
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Sen. Tina Smith, ...
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| July 25, 2019
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McEachin & Langevin Re-Introduce Legislation to Strengthen the Landmark ADA Civil Rights Law & Help More Small Businesses Become Accessible
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| July 24, 2019
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U.S. Senator Tina Smith, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Ensure 22,000 Retired Minnesota Workers Don't Lose Their Pensions
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Sen. Tina Smith
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| July 24, 2019
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Women Senators Introduce Bill Requiring Equal Pay, Resources for U.S. National Teams
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| July 23, 2019
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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
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
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| July 18, 2019
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Tweet - "Theres hould be no question -- it's time to #RaiseTheWage to $15 an hour nationwide. The House did its job, now the Senate must act."
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar
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