Senate Hearing on 32-Hour Work Week
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing to examine the potential for a nationwide 32-hour workweek. Witnesses including United Auto Workers (UAW) President…
2,011 viewsThe Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing to examine the potential for a nationwide 32-hour workweek. Witnesses including United Auto Workers (UAW) President…
2,011 viewsWayne State University Professor Elizabeth Faue discussed the American working class and labor movements during the 1970s. Wayne State University is located in Detroit.
91 viewsTeachers' union presidents Randi Weingarten (American Federation of Teachers) and Becky Pringle (National Education Association) spoke at the Center for American Progress' annual IDEAS confe…
72 viewsDemocratic U.S. representatives spoke at a rally held by the American Federation of Government Employees on Capitol Hill. The lawmakers and AFGE leaders called for Congress to avoid a govern…
182 viewsPresident Biden addressed Culinary Workers Union members at Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas. He also expressed concern about King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis and said he hoped to talk to him aga…
462 viewsPresident Biden traveled to Warren, Michigan, following a recent endorsement for his reelection from the United Auto Workers union. He spoke about his support for unions, saying, “Wall Stree…
1,082 views“If our endorsements must be earned, Joe Biden has earned it,” said United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain as he endorsed President Biden’s reelection bid for the White House at UAW’…
3,196 viewsAFL-CIO president, a United Auto Workers member, and other union members discussed the state of labor at the Center for American Progress' annual IDEAS conference in Washington, D.C. Topics …
88 viewsAuthor and historian Miriam Pawel explored The Words of Cesar Chavez. The 2002 anthology, edited by Richard J. Jensen and John C. Hammerback, presents Chavez’s major speeches and writings an…
372 viewsLibrary of Congress American Folklife Center reference librarian Allina Migoni shows artwork and materials created by artist Susan Due Pearcy who worked with César Chávez and the United Farm…
10 viewsPresident Biden delivered remarks near an auto plant in Belvidere, Illinois, on his administration’s efforts to boost union labors following the United Auto Workers' successful negotiations …
2,761 viewsPresident Biden joined members of United Auto Workers (UAW) on the picket line in Wayne County, Michigan. UAW President Shawn Fain said, “This is a historic moment--the first time in our cou…
12,178 viewsPresident Biden was greeted by UAW President Shawn Fain, Representative Debbie Dingell, and others upon his arrival in Detroit to join the UAW picket line.
1,736 viewsSenator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) spoke on the chamber floor about the United Auto Workers strike, expressing support for the union.
83 viewsPresident Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced the Partnership for Workers' Rights at an event in New York City. The initiative between the two countries is aime…
10,383 viewsNathan Bomey talked about the United Auto Workers' strike against General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis.
310 viewsPresident Biden announced two White House officials, acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and Economic Adviser Gene Sperling, would be heading to Detroit to offer support with contract negotiatio…
1,329 viewsMiriam Pawel talked about her book, The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography, in which she chronicles the life and activism of United Farm Workers co-founder and president Cesar Chavez. …
992 viewsPresident Biden talked about strengthening America’s ports and supply chains. He also celebrated a new contract between the shipping industry and a labor union representing dock workers.
739 viewsPresident Biden gave Labor Day remarks to the Sheet Metal Workers' Local 19 in Philadelphia. He touted his administration’s worker and union policies, which include a recent Department of La…
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