麻州民主黨總結拜登總統勞工節發言

BOSTON -  Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair Steve Kerrigan released the following statement celebrating Labor Day: 

“The organized labor movement is celebrated today because it set a new standard for how the American workforce is valued and treated,” said Chair Kerrigan. “Our country is fortunate that President Biden is the most pro-union and pro-worker president in American history. Time and time again, Republicans have pushed failed trickle-down economic policies that benefit big corporations and leave the middle class behind. President Biden and Vice President Harris are true champions of the American worker and will always have their back.”

Here are a few highlights of how President Biden has delivered for workers and organized labor:

· More than 13 million jobs created — including 800,000 new good-paying, manufacturing jobs created — many of which don’t require a four-year degree,

· Wages are higher than last year and higher than before the pandemic, accounting for inflation—with lower wage workers seeing the largest gains,

· Sparked over $480 billion in private sector manufacturing and clean energy investments,

· Hundreds of thousands of auto industry jobs created, including more than 120,000 auto manufacturing jobs,

· Strengthening, modernizing, and expanding apprenticeship programs to help connect Americans to good paying union jobs,

· Raised the minimum wage for federal workers and contractors,

· Helped save the pensions of hundreds of thousands of union workers and retirees,

· Ensuring the overwhelming majority of the investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the CHIPS and Science Act are covered by Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements,

· Appointed a general counsel and board members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) who are committed to protecting the right of workers to organize.