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…
2,020 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…
2,020 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 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 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 viewsMicrosoft President Brad Smith joined a law professor and scientist to testify on ways to regulate artificial intelligence. The hearing took place before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on…
2,423 viewsAmerican Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley discusses the looming government shutdown and potential impact on federal workers.
586 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 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…
584 viewsTulane University professor Jana Lipman taught a class on agricultural labor in the United States since 1930 and the rise of organic farming. She described the “bracero” program which brough…
1,102 viewsViewers responded to question for Labor Day 2023: “What are the biggest challenges for American workers?”
306 viewsOren Cass, executive director of American Compass and author of The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America, talked about challenges facing the American workforce…
328 viewsJody Calemine, senior fellow and director of labor and employment policy at The Century Foundation, talked about the state of the labor movement in the United States.
350 viewsViewers responded to question for Labor Day 2023: “What are the biggest challenges for American workers?”
725 viewsKemba Walden, the acting national cyber director, discussed the Biden administration’s cyber workforce and education strategy at an event hosted by the Atlantic Council. Following her remark…
398 viewsMiddlebury College professor Jamie McCallum looked at how workers are mobilizing to fight for better working conditions and pay. Harvard Bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts, hosted this ev…
102 viewsFirst lady Jill Biden spoke about workforce training programs at the National Governors Association conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She was introduced by the association’s chair, Go…
217 viewsRep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) held a news conference with Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas and Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske to announce pay improvemen…
324 viewsFormer Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who stepped down days before this hearing, testified on his coffee chain’s treatment of union organizing efforts. Senate Labor Committee Bernie Sanders (…
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