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Nov. 22, 2020 Tweet - "Essential workers and union members like those with our @Local338 at the Super Foodtown on Fulton Street in Brooklyn are working every single day for us amid this crisis. We will not stop fighting for them and for people and families across New York and across America." Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 23, 2020 Tweet - "Thousands of airport workers won the votes in the New York legislature and passed the #HealthyTerminalsAct. Once signed into law this bill will give frontline airport workers access to affordable health care. Congratulations to @32BJSEIU and workers on this victory!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 20, 2020 Tweet - "I'm so proud to stand across from Trump International Hotel in New York City with @32BJSEIU to rally with essential workers to support Black lives and to demand that the Senate pass the HEROES Act to fight for racial and economic justice for Americans in this crisis." Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 17, 2020 Tweet - "I'm proud to stand with @AFSCME President Lee Saunders and frontline workers to demand the Senate pass immediate help for state and local governments This means jobs for teachers, firefighters, bus drivers, health care workers, and more We cannot keep waiting for the Senate GOP" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 8, 2020 Tweet - "Grocery store workers put their lives on the line amid COVID I'm joining @RWDSU frontline workers to call on Stop & Shop and other grocery stories to extend hazard pay And I won't stop fighting in the Senate for hazard pay for all frontline workers @local338 @ufcw1500 @ufcw342" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 24, 2020 Letter to Peter Robb, National Labor Relations Board's General Counsel - Jayapal, Pocan Urge National Labor Relations Board to Take Immediate Action to Protect Workers Punished for Pandemic-Related Organizing Activity Rep. Adriano Espaillat, ...
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "We stand with our postal workers and @APWUnational . It is past time for Senator McConnell and Senate Republicans to put the Heroes Act on the Senate floor to help postal workers and so many other Americans fight this health and economic crisis." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 17, 2020 Tweet - "I'm proud of @CentralLaborNYC , the @AFLCIO , and unions across America who are leading the #WorkersFirst Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice. Senator McConnell: For families, people, workers. On real policing reform. On the COVID-19 crisis. No more delay. Let the #SenateActNow!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 14, 2020 Letter to John Mackey, CEO Of Whole Foods - Schatz, Senators Urge Whole Foods To Stop Suppressing Unions And Intimidating Workers, Respect Right To Organize Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 13, 2020 Tweet - "New Yorkers are stepping up to help each other in this crisis And I was proud to tell one of those stories in the Senate today: This mask is made by Hickey Freeman in Rochester, NY by American labor, union labor A clothing-maker, they started making masks for a local hospital" Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 28, 2020 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Reps. S. Garcia, Lowenthal, and Chu Lead House Democrats in Urging PPP Access for Labor Unions Rep. Adriano Espaillat, ...
April 14, 2020 Tweet - "I'm proud we fought to save millions of jobs for aviation workers I'm proud we fought alongside aviation unions, @WeAreALPA , @TTDAFLCIO , @TransportWorker , @MachinistsUnion , @FlyingWithSara & @AFA_CWA , & more This will help our airline attendants, pilots, ground workers, & more" Sen. Chuck Schumer
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. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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. Adriano Espaillat, ...
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. 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. 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
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. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
Oct. 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 Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Oct. 10, 2019 Standing with union leaders and advocates, Gillibrand announces her legislation to make bold reforms to investments in American infrastructure Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Sept. 26, 2019 Tweet - "Eugene Scalia's nomination is a slap to the face of the Labor Department. @realDonaldTrump could have chosen a union member. Instead, he nominated a corporate lawyer who has spent his career protecting the interests of CEOs, big corporations, the wealthy elite--not workers." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 25, 2019 Tweet - "Why didn't @realDonaldTrump nominate a fighter for workers--like a union member--to be Labor Secretary? Eugene Scalia has spent his life fighting unions. He has proven to put corporate interests over workers' rights. #SecretaryOfCorporateInterests" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 24, 2019 Tweet - "I've been part of a union family from the day I was born. And I am standing here to fight for labor. Anyone who thinks that @realDonaldTrump might be a friend to the working people: Look who he nominated to be Labor Secretary. Eugene Scalia has spent his life fighting unions." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 5, 2019 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 Rep. Grace Meng, ...
Aug. 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Durbin, Duckworth Urge VA Secretary To End Anti-Worker, Anti-Union Negotiation Tactics Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
July 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 Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
July 26, 2019 Stefanik Introduces Modern Worker Empowerment Act Rep. Elise Stefanik
July 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 Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
June 26, 2019 Cortez Masto Cosponsors Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 22, 2019 Pocan and Schakowsky Lead More than 70 Members of Congress in Calling on Boeing to Release Information on Anti-Union Activity Rep. Adriano Espaillat, ...
May 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 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 15, 2019 Nadler, Murray, Scott Introduce Bill to End Forced Arbitration in the Workplace, To Allow Workers to Band Together to Enforce Their Legal Rights Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
May 15, 2019 Stefanik Co-Leads The Cyber Ready Workforce Act Rep. Elise Stefanik, ...
May 3, 2019 Letter to the Hon. David Pekoske, Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration - Homeland Security Democrats Urge TSA to Continue to Allow Collective Bargaining for its Frontline Workforce Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
May 2, 2019 House and Senate Democrats Unveil Landmark Legislation to Protect Workers' Right to Organize Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Jan. 14, 2019 Letter to Acting Commissioner Berryhill, SSA - Abandonment of Anti-Union Policies Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
Oct. 1, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Ring, Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board - Education and the Workforce Committee Members Urge NLRB to Continue Positive Reforms Rep. Elise Stefanik, ...
Sept. 28, 2018 Letter to Dennis Muilenburg, Chairman, President, and CEO of the Boeing Company and Robert Martinez, President of IAMAW - SC Members of Congress Respond to Boeing Letter Rep. Gregory Meeks, ...
Aug. 29, 2018 Letter to Dennis Muilenburg, Chairman, President, and CEO of the Boeing Company - Senators Urge Boeing to Respect Workers' Rights to Unionize, Begin Collective Bargaining Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Aug. 1, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor and the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - 47 Democrats Caution DOL About Plans to Weaken Hazardous Work Protections for Young Workers Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kethledge has a history of opposing women's reproductive freedom. Anti-choice activists have praised his work as Judiciary Committee counsel for Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) when Sen. Abraham was pushing for a federal abortion ban." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2018 Senate & House Democrats Introduce New Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Workers to Join Unions & Bargain Collectively Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
June 28, 2018 Tweet - "#Unions built the middle class in this country, & now Republicans & their friends on the court are doing everything they can to rip them apart at the seams. The Janus decision was a gut punch to working people across the country." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2018 Following the Supreme Court's Janus Decision, Hirono, Cartwright, Senate & House Democrats Introduce New Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Workers to Join Unions & Bargain Collectively Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
June 27, 2018 Representative Adriano Espaillat Statement On The Janus Case Rep. Adriano Espaillat
June 27, 2018 Nadler Statement On SCOTUS Decision In Janus V. AFSCME Rep. Jerry Nadler
June 26, 2018 Letter to Robert A. Iger, Chief Executive Officer for the Walt Disney Company - Sanders to Disney: Stop Paying Workers Starvation Wages Rep. Adriano Espaillat, ...
June 14, 2018 Letter to the Donald J. Trump - Rescind Executive Orders that Strip Key Protections for Whistleblowers Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
June 13, 2018 As Inequality Reaches Highest Levels Since The Great Depression, Senate & House Democrats Introduce New Legislation To Provide A Better Deal For American Workers Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
May 9, 2018 Gillibrand, Sanders, Pocan Introduce Legislation To Protect And Strengthen Workers' Rights Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Date Title Politician
Nov. 22, 2020 Tweet - "Essential workers and union members like those with our @Local338 at the Super Foodtown on Fulton Street in Brooklyn are working every single day for us amid this crisis. We will not stop fighting for them and for people and families across New York and across America." Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 23, 2020 Tweet - "Thousands of airport workers won the votes in the New York legislature and passed the #HealthyTerminalsAct. Once signed into law this bill will give frontline airport workers access to affordable health care. Congratulations to @32BJSEIU and workers on this victory!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 20, 2020 Tweet - "I'm so proud to stand across from Trump International Hotel in New York City with @32BJSEIU to rally with essential workers to support Black lives and to demand that the Senate pass the HEROES Act to fight for racial and economic justice for Americans in this crisis." Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 17, 2020 Tweet - "I'm proud to stand with @AFSCME President Lee Saunders and frontline workers to demand the Senate pass immediate help for state and local governments This means jobs for teachers, firefighters, bus drivers, health care workers, and more We cannot keep waiting for the Senate GOP" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 8, 2020 Tweet - "Grocery store workers put their lives on the line amid COVID I'm joining @RWDSU frontline workers to call on Stop & Shop and other grocery stories to extend hazard pay And I won't stop fighting in the Senate for hazard pay for all frontline workers @local338 @ufcw1500 @ufcw342" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 24, 2020 Letter to Peter Robb, National Labor Relations Board's General Counsel - Jayapal, Pocan Urge National Labor Relations Board to Take Immediate Action to Protect Workers Punished for Pandemic-Related Organizing Activity Rep.Adriano Espaillat, ...
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "We stand with our postal workers and @APWUnational . It is past time for Senator McConnell and Senate Republicans to put the Heroes Act on the Senate floor to help postal workers and so many other Americans fight this health and economic crisis." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 17, 2020 Tweet - "I'm proud of @CentralLaborNYC , the @AFLCIO , and unions across America who are leading the #WorkersFirst Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice. Senator McConnell: For families, people, workers. On real policing reform. On the COVID-19 crisis. No more delay. Let the #SenateActNow!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 14, 2020 Letter to John Mackey, CEO Of Whole Foods - Schatz, Senators Urge Whole Foods To Stop Suppressing Unions And Intimidating Workers, Respect Right To Organize Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 13, 2020 Tweet - "New Yorkers are stepping up to help each other in this crisis And I was proud to tell one of those stories in the Senate today: This mask is made by Hickey Freeman in Rochester, NY by American labor, union labor A clothing-maker, they started making masks for a local hospital" Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 28, 2020 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Reps. S. Garcia, Lowenthal, and Chu Lead House Democrats in Urging PPP Access for Labor Unions Rep.Adriano Espaillat, ...
April 14, 2020 Tweet - "I'm proud we fought to save millions of jobs for aviation workers I'm proud we fought alongside aviation unions, @WeAreALPA , @TTDAFLCIO , @TransportWorker , @MachinistsUnion , @FlyingWithSara & @AFA_CWA , & more This will help our airline attendants, pilots, ground workers, & more" Sen.Chuck Schumer
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.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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.Adriano Espaillat, ...
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. 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. 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
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.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
Oct. 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 Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Oct. 10, 2019 Standing with union leaders and advocates, Gillibrand announces her legislation to make bold reforms to investments in American infrastructure Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Sept. 26, 2019 Tweet - "Eugene Scalia's nomination is a slap to the face of the Labor Department. @realDonaldTrump could have chosen a union member. Instead, he nominated a corporate lawyer who has spent his career protecting the interests of CEOs, big corporations, the wealthy elite--not workers." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 25, 2019 Tweet - "Why didn't @realDonaldTrump nominate a fighter for workers--like a union member--to be Labor Secretary? Eugene Scalia has spent his life fighting unions. He has proven to put corporate interests over workers' rights. #SecretaryOfCorporateInterests" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 24, 2019 Tweet - "I've been part of a union family from the day I was born. And I am standing here to fight for labor. Anyone who thinks that @realDonaldTrump might be a friend to the working people: Look who he nominated to be Labor Secretary. Eugene Scalia has spent his life fighting unions." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 5, 2019 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 Rep.Grace Meng, ...
Aug. 1, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Durbin, Duckworth Urge VA Secretary To End Anti-Worker, Anti-Union Negotiation Tactics Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
July 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 Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
July 26, 2019 Stefanik Introduces Modern Worker Empowerment Act Rep.Elise Stefanik
July 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 Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
June 26, 2019 Cortez Masto Cosponsors Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 22, 2019 Pocan and Schakowsky Lead More than 70 Members of Congress in Calling on Boeing to Release Information on Anti-Union Activity Rep.Adriano Espaillat, ...
May 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 Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 15, 2019 Nadler, Murray, Scott Introduce Bill to End Forced Arbitration in the Workplace, To Allow Workers to Band Together to Enforce Their Legal Rights Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
May 15, 2019 Stefanik Co-Leads The Cyber Ready Workforce Act Rep.Elise Stefanik, ...
May 3, 2019 Letter to the Hon. David Pekoske, Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration - Homeland Security Democrats Urge TSA to Continue to Allow Collective Bargaining for its Frontline Workforce Rep.Yvette Clarke, ...
May 2, 2019 House and Senate Democrats Unveil Landmark Legislation to Protect Workers' Right to Organize Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Jan. 14, 2019 Letter to Acting Commissioner Berryhill, SSA - Abandonment of Anti-Union Policies Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
Oct. 1, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Ring, Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board - Education and the Workforce Committee Members Urge NLRB to Continue Positive Reforms Rep.Elise Stefanik, ...
Sept. 28, 2018 Letter to Dennis Muilenburg, Chairman, President, and CEO of the Boeing Company and Robert Martinez, President of IAMAW - SC Members of Congress Respond to Boeing Letter Rep.Gregory Meeks, ...
Aug. 29, 2018 Letter to Dennis Muilenburg, Chairman, President, and CEO of the Boeing Company - Senators Urge Boeing to Respect Workers' Rights to Unionize, Begin Collective Bargaining Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Aug. 1, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor and the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - 47 Democrats Caution DOL About Plans to Weaken Hazardous Work Protections for Young Workers Rep.Yvette Clarke, ...
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kethledge has a history of opposing women's reproductive freedom. Anti-choice activists have praised his work as Judiciary Committee counsel for Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) when Sen. Abraham was pushing for a federal abortion ban." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2018 Senate & House Democrats Introduce New Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Workers to Join Unions & Bargain Collectively Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
June 28, 2018 Tweet - "#Unions built the middle class in this country, & now Republicans & their friends on the court are doing everything they can to rip them apart at the seams. The Janus decision was a gut punch to working people across the country." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 28, 2018 Following the Supreme Court's Janus Decision, Hirono, Cartwright, Senate & House Democrats Introduce New Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Workers to Join Unions & Bargain Collectively Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
June 27, 2018 Representative Adriano Espaillat Statement On The Janus Case Rep.Adriano Espaillat
June 27, 2018 Nadler Statement On SCOTUS Decision In Janus V. AFSCME Rep.Jerry Nadler
June 26, 2018 Letter to Robert A. Iger, Chief Executive Officer for the Walt Disney Company - Sanders to Disney: Stop Paying Workers Starvation Wages Rep.Adriano Espaillat, ...
June 14, 2018 Letter to the Donald J. Trump - Rescind Executive Orders that Strip Key Protections for Whistleblowers Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
June 13, 2018 As Inequality Reaches Highest Levels Since The Great Depression, Senate & House Democrats Introduce New Legislation To Provide A Better Deal For American Workers Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
May 9, 2018 Gillibrand, Sanders, Pocan Introduce Legislation To Protect And Strengthen Workers' Rights Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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