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March 18, 2020 Stefanik Applauds Department of Labor Announcement of $100 Million in National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grants Rep. Elise Stefanik
March 17, 2020 PAID Leave Act: Murray, DeLauro, Gillibrand to Introduce Updated Emergency Paid Leave; Small Business Support Bill In Response to Worsening Coronavirus Crisis Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 16, 2020 Tweet - "Here's what my proposal on coronavirus would mean for you: Any worker that needs to take paid sick days that doesn't have paid sick leave benefits can apply to Unemployment Insurance and get reimbursed." Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 16, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump: You need to issue an Executive Order directing federal agencies to maximize telework. And it needs to happen TODAY." Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 16, 2020 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 Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
March 13, 2020 Tweet - "Free Coronavirus testing for everyone Paid emergency sick leave Unemployment benefits for displaced workers Strengthened food security Increased Medicaid support for states and localities House Dems will deliver #ForThePeople." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
March 12, 2020 Harris on Coronavirus: "Paid Sick Leave Will Save Lives" Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 12, 2020 Feinstein, Smith Introduce Bill to Protect Quarantined Workers From Being Fired or Punished by Employers Amid Coronavirus Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 12, 2020 U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Cosponsors Legislation to End Rampant Outsourcing and Protect American Jobs Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 12, 2020 Tweet - "What's in the @SenateDems proposals that we announced yesterday to help give Americans and our communities fighting coronavirus economic relief? The first-ever direct grants for small business recipients to help cover lost business, paid sick leave, and more." Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 12, 2020 Unanimous Consent Request--Schumer Bill Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 12, 2020 Tweet - "What's in the @SenateDems proposals that we announced yesterday to help give Americans and our communities fighting coronavirus economic relief? Emergency unemployment insurance funds to replace lost wages" Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 12, 2020 Tweet - "What's in the @SenateDems proposals that we announced yesterday to help give Americans and our communities fighting coronavirus economic relief? Paid sick days" Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 10, 2020 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 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 9, 2020 Tweet - "The Trump admin must prioritize people and families over corporate interests: Paid sick leave Enhanced unemployment insurance Food security Frontline worker protections Widespread, free testing Affordable treatment Anti-price gouging protections Increased medical system capacity" Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 6, 2020 Pocan, Gillibrand Announce Bill to End Rampant Outsourcing And Protect American Jobs Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 6, 2020 Chairwoman Velázquez on February Jobs Report Rep. Nydia Velázquez
March 4, 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 Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
March 3, 2020 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 Rep. Gregory Meeks, ...
Feb. 29, 2020 Tweet - "Right to Organize = Union Membership. Union Membership = Higher Pay & Healthcare Benefits. Higher Pay & Healthcare Benefits = Dignified Life. Dignified Life = American Dream. Promoting the American dream #ForThePeople is what @HouseDemocrats are all about #PROAct." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 28, 2020 Tweet - "They want to cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare. But they're ready to give more tax breaks to corporations who spent trillions on stock buybacks instead of making investments in workers and wages?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 23, 2020 Tweet - "His #DailyLie: Pres. Trump wants to take credit for a growing economy. But the economy in Obama's last 36 months created 1.5 million more jobs than in Trump's first 36 months. Dems are fighting for higher wages & workers' rights! Workers still aren't getting their fair share." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 19, 2020 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 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 18, 2020 Tweet - "Pres. Trump's taking credit for a growing economy His #DailyLie The economy in Obama's last 35 months created over 1 million more jobs than in Trump's first 35 months Dems are fighting for higher wages and workers' rights Because workers still aren't getting their fair share" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 13, 2020 Hearing of the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property of the House Judiciary Committee - Chairman Nadler Statement for Subcommittee Hearing on "Protecting Federal Judiciary Employees from Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, and Other Workplace Misconduct" Rep. Jerry Nadler
Feb. 12, 2020 Tweet - "House Dems have passed legislation to protect the right to organize. And your freedom to negotiate better wages, healthcare and pension benefits. Republicans want to break organized labor. We will never let that happen #PROAct." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 12, 2020 Hearing of the House Small Business Committee - Statement of the Hon. Nydia M. Velázquez on "Challenges and Benefits of Employee-owned Small Businesses" Rep. Nydia Velázquez
Feb. 7, 2020 Tweet - "I'm proud the House just passed the #PROAct. Democrats are fighting for the rights of workers to organize and bargain collectively. I'm going to fight for a Senate vote. Senator Mitch McConnell can't just try to bury it in his legislative graveyard." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 7, 2020 Letter to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon - Baldwin, Brown, Sanders Demand Answers From Amazon as Work-Related Injuries Continue to Rise Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 5, 2020 State of the Union Address Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 28, 2020 Stefanik Testifies at Ways & Means Committee Hearing on Bipartisan Paid Leave Proposal Rep. Elise Stefanik, ...
Jan. 27, 2020 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 Rep. Elise Stefanik, ...
Jan. 16, 2020 Tweet - "Despite the improvements Democrats secured to better protect workers: I am voting against USMCA. Because it doesn't address climate change, the greatest threat facing our planet." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 15, 2020 Stefanik Legislation Protecting Older Workers From Discrimination Passes House Rep. Elise Stefanik, ...
Jan. 15, 2020 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act Rep. Elise Stefanik
Jan. 15, 2020 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 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 14, 2020 Bipartisan, McBath-Led Measure to Protect Pregnant Workers Approved by House Committee Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
Jan. 10, 2020 Letter to the Hon Preston Rutledge, Assistant Secretary of Labor - Rep. Lee, Colleagues to Labor Department: Enforce Mental Health Parity Law Rep. Joe Morelle, ...
Jan. 9, 2020 Stefanik Co-Leads Bipartisan Bill To Modernize Online Job Searching Rep. Elise Stefanik, ...
Jan. 9, 2020 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 Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
Jan. 8, 2020 Swalwell and Stefanik Re-Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Modernize Online Job-Searching Services Rep. Elise Stefanik, ...
Dec. 19, 2019 Tweet - "After we passed paid family leave for all federal employees: Why are Republicans now deciding to block a fix to make sure over 100,000 employees, including many at FAA and TSA, don't get left out?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 17, 2019 Tweet - "How can Pres. Trump claim to champion workers? Today for the first time in 35 years, the National Labor Relations Board has no Democratic, pro-labor member. This board works in a bipartisan manner, but the president has shown there's no room for pro-worker voices in his admin." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 13, 2019 Peters, Stabenow, Gillibrand, Cortez Masto Announce Bill to Help Workers Who Lose Their Jobs to Automation Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 12, 2019 CNN - Ivanka Trump's parental leave summit is just a photo op Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Dec. 10, 2019 Tweet - "Proud the annual defense bill will provide all federal employees 12 weeks paid parental leave 2 million employees won't have to choose caring for a newborn or putting food on the table I've fought for this for a long time I'll keep fighting to make this a reality for everyone" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 9, 2019 Letter to Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Cardin, Senators Defend Social Security Workers, Urge Reversal of Abrupt Cancellation of Telework Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 9, 2019 Schumer secures paid parental leave for +114,000 New York Fed employees in final defense authorization bill; expected to pass congress this week, 12 weeks paid parental leave for all +2 million fed workers across the nation for the first time in U.S. history Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 9, 2019 Tweet - "I'm proud to secure paid parental leave for the 114,000 New York federal employees. The defense authorization bill expected to pass this week will provide 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all 2 million federal workers. And I will keep working to secure this benefit for all." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 1, 2019 Tweet - "We are fighting hard to push for family leave for all federal workers in the annual defense authorization bill. That would help more than 2 million Americans and their families." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Date Title Politician
March 18, 2020 Stefanik Applauds Department of Labor Announcement of $100 Million in National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grants Rep.Elise Stefanik
March 17, 2020 PAID Leave Act: Murray, DeLauro, Gillibrand to Introduce Updated Emergency Paid Leave; Small Business Support Bill In Response to Worsening Coronavirus Crisis Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 16, 2020 Tweet - "Here's what my proposal on coronavirus would mean for you: Any worker that needs to take paid sick days that doesn't have paid sick leave benefits can apply to Unemployment Insurance and get reimbursed." Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 16, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump: You need to issue an Executive Order directing federal agencies to maximize telework. And it needs to happen TODAY." Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 16, 2020 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 Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
March 13, 2020 Tweet - "Free Coronavirus testing for everyone Paid emergency sick leave Unemployment benefits for displaced workers Strengthened food security Increased Medicaid support for states and localities House Dems will deliver #ForThePeople." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
March 12, 2020 Harris on Coronavirus: "Paid Sick Leave Will Save Lives" Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 12, 2020 Feinstein, Smith Introduce Bill to Protect Quarantined Workers From Being Fired or Punished by Employers Amid Coronavirus Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 12, 2020 U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Cosponsors Legislation to End Rampant Outsourcing and Protect American Jobs Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 12, 2020 Tweet - "What's in the @SenateDems proposals that we announced yesterday to help give Americans and our communities fighting coronavirus economic relief? The first-ever direct grants for small business recipients to help cover lost business, paid sick leave, and more." Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 12, 2020 Unanimous Consent Request--Schumer Bill Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 12, 2020 Tweet - "What's in the @SenateDems proposals that we announced yesterday to help give Americans and our communities fighting coronavirus economic relief? Emergency unemployment insurance funds to replace lost wages" Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 12, 2020 Tweet - "What's in the @SenateDems proposals that we announced yesterday to help give Americans and our communities fighting coronavirus economic relief? Paid sick days" Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 10, 2020 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 Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 9, 2020 Tweet - "The Trump admin must prioritize people and families over corporate interests: Paid sick leave Enhanced unemployment insurance Food security Frontline worker protections Widespread, free testing Affordable treatment Anti-price gouging protections Increased medical system capacity" Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 6, 2020 Pocan, Gillibrand Announce Bill to End Rampant Outsourcing And Protect American Jobs Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 6, 2020 Chairwoman Velázquez on February Jobs Report Rep.Nydia Velázquez
March 4, 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 Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
March 3, 2020 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 Rep.Gregory Meeks, ...
Feb. 29, 2020 Tweet - "Right to Organize = Union Membership. Union Membership = Higher Pay & Healthcare Benefits. Higher Pay & Healthcare Benefits = Dignified Life. Dignified Life = American Dream. Promoting the American dream #ForThePeople is what @HouseDemocrats are all about #PROAct." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 28, 2020 Tweet - "They want to cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare. But they're ready to give more tax breaks to corporations who spent trillions on stock buybacks instead of making investments in workers and wages?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 23, 2020 Tweet - "His #DailyLie: Pres. Trump wants to take credit for a growing economy. But the economy in Obama's last 36 months created 1.5 million more jobs than in Trump's first 36 months. Dems are fighting for higher wages & workers' rights! Workers still aren't getting their fair share." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 19, 2020 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 Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 18, 2020 Tweet - "Pres. Trump's taking credit for a growing economy His #DailyLie The economy in Obama's last 35 months created over 1 million more jobs than in Trump's first 35 months Dems are fighting for higher wages and workers' rights Because workers still aren't getting their fair share" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 13, 2020 Hearing of the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property of the House Judiciary Committee - Chairman Nadler Statement for Subcommittee Hearing on "Protecting Federal Judiciary Employees from Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, and Other Workplace Misconduct" Rep.Jerry Nadler
Feb. 12, 2020 Tweet - "House Dems have passed legislation to protect the right to organize. And your freedom to negotiate better wages, healthcare and pension benefits. Republicans want to break organized labor. We will never let that happen #PROAct." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 12, 2020 Hearing of the House Small Business Committee - Statement of the Hon. Nydia M. Velázquez on "Challenges and Benefits of Employee-owned Small Businesses" Rep.Nydia Velázquez
Feb. 7, 2020 Tweet - "I'm proud the House just passed the #PROAct. Democrats are fighting for the rights of workers to organize and bargain collectively. I'm going to fight for a Senate vote. Senator Mitch McConnell can't just try to bury it in his legislative graveyard." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 7, 2020 Letter to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon - Baldwin, Brown, Sanders Demand Answers From Amazon as Work-Related Injuries Continue to Rise Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 5, 2020 State of the Union Address Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 28, 2020 Stefanik Testifies at Ways & Means Committee Hearing on Bipartisan Paid Leave Proposal Rep.Elise Stefanik, ...
Jan. 27, 2020 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 Rep.Elise Stefanik, ...
Jan. 16, 2020 Tweet - "Despite the improvements Democrats secured to better protect workers: I am voting against USMCA. Because it doesn't address climate change, the greatest threat facing our planet." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 15, 2020 Stefanik Legislation Protecting Older Workers From Discrimination Passes House Rep.Elise Stefanik, ...
Jan. 15, 2020 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act Rep.Elise Stefanik
Jan. 15, 2020 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 Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 14, 2020 Bipartisan, McBath-Led Measure to Protect Pregnant Workers Approved by House Committee Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
Jan. 10, 2020 Letter to the Hon Preston Rutledge, Assistant Secretary of Labor - Rep. Lee, Colleagues to Labor Department: Enforce Mental Health Parity Law Rep.Joe Morelle, ...
Jan. 9, 2020 Stefanik Co-Leads Bipartisan Bill To Modernize Online Job Searching Rep.Elise Stefanik, ...
Jan. 9, 2020 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 Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
Jan. 8, 2020 Swalwell and Stefanik Re-Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Modernize Online Job-Searching Services Rep.Elise Stefanik, ...
Dec. 19, 2019 Tweet - "After we passed paid family leave for all federal employees: Why are Republicans now deciding to block a fix to make sure over 100,000 employees, including many at FAA and TSA, don't get left out?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 17, 2019 Tweet - "How can Pres. Trump claim to champion workers? Today for the first time in 35 years, the National Labor Relations Board has no Democratic, pro-labor member. This board works in a bipartisan manner, but the president has shown there's no room for pro-worker voices in his admin." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 13, 2019 Peters, Stabenow, Gillibrand, Cortez Masto Announce Bill to Help Workers Who Lose Their Jobs to Automation Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 12, 2019 CNN - Ivanka Trump's parental leave summit is just a photo op Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Dec. 10, 2019 Tweet - "Proud the annual defense bill will provide all federal employees 12 weeks paid parental leave 2 million employees won't have to choose caring for a newborn or putting food on the table I've fought for this for a long time I'll keep fighting to make this a reality for everyone" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 9, 2019 Letter to Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Cardin, Senators Defend Social Security Workers, Urge Reversal of Abrupt Cancellation of Telework Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 9, 2019 Schumer secures paid parental leave for +114,000 New York Fed employees in final defense authorization bill; expected to pass congress this week, 12 weeks paid parental leave for all +2 million fed workers across the nation for the first time in U.S. history Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 9, 2019 Tweet - "I'm proud to secure paid parental leave for the 114,000 New York federal employees. The defense authorization bill expected to pass this week will provide 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all 2 million federal workers. And I will keep working to secure this benefit for all." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 1, 2019 Tweet - "We are fighting hard to push for family leave for all federal workers in the annual defense authorization bill. That would help more than 2 million Americans and their families." Sen.Chuck Schumer
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