The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of unions, called on Democrats Thursday to reform the filibuster, the Senate rule standing in the way of enactment of some of their top priorities for the Biden administration.
. “An artifact of Jim Crow. A creature of white supremacy. A procedure that was said to encourage robust debate but has turned into an instrument of government paralysis.”The labor federation's lobbying could move the needle significantly on efforts to weaken or eliminate the filibuster, as President Joe Biden — a self-described union man — has firmly aligned himself with the labor movement, a large fundraising source for Democrats.
At the time, the union federation's executive council called on the Senate "to reform and democratize its procedures and rules." Already, Biden has demonstrated the influence that organized labor has on his administration, nominating a former union president to be his Labor secretary, firing former Trump officials from the National Labor Relations Board, and releasing a video in support of workers organizing in Alabama.— which would broadly expand workers’ ability to organize — enacted and to more than double the federal minimum wage to $15, which organized labor has sought for years.
The Biden Administration in a nutshell....
I don't understand why is should exist at all. It just helps obstructive minorities get in the way of good change.
Richard Trumpka - the ghost of Harry Reid’s use of the ‘nuclear option’ is calling... Dems will NEVER learn...
Need to get the United Mine Workers next. Followed by a Teamsters March to an AZ Senators office.
Good. They should also be working with America's Warehouse workers (like those at Amazon) to help them Unionize and start protecting All workers like them who are being abused by the giant corporations of the digital age.
Who cares what he says? We are trying to get things done for the American people and not the special interest or rich people like the Republicans want do.
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