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 viewsViewers responded to the question “Do you support or oppose a federally mandated 32-hour work week?”
1,097 viewsThe House debated a bill that would reduce unused federal office space with the goal of requiring federal workers to the office from work from home policies enacted during the COVID-19 pande…
19 viewsLeaders from the veterans and business communities testified before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee on improving employment opportunities for veterans. Several topics were discussed, i…
71 viewsLeaders from the veterans and business communities testified before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee on improving employment opportunities for veterans. Several topics were discussed, i…
1,529 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 viewsThe Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing on improving retirement plans for Americans. According to Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT), almost 45% of Americans betwe…
444 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 viewsRepresentatives Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), co-chairs of the Career and Technical Education Caucus, talked about the importance of technical skills programs for the U.…
259 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 viewsStakeholders in technology, business and the regulatory sectors testified before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions subcommittee on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI…
1,255 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 viewsDavid Cooper and Rachel Greszler talked about the pros and cons of raising the minimum wage.
761 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 viewsTwo years after President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act in 1935, this 1937 film described the benefits that an unemployed Louisiana workman would receive through the state program…
77 viewsEconomic Policy Institute’s Elise Gould talked about her group’s report on paid sick leave access and statewide legislative actions on the issue.
301 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…
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