Thanks to Jeff Wiggins for sending us this.
Recently, the Biden administration took a number of pro-worker actions you might not have heard about in the news, including:
Biden’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) gave the green light for a union election to move forward for workers at three Starbucks stores in Buffalo, New York. Starbucks employs more than 250,000 people nationwide, and racked up more than $8 billion in revenue during the first fiscal quarter of this year. If successful, these workers would be the first Starbucks employees covered by a union contract.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced in October that it would move to assume the responsibility of overseeing workplace safety and health in South Dakota, Arizona and Utah after they refused to implement rules to protect workers from COVID-19.
Vice President Harris and Labor Secretary Walsh announced new guidelines that guarantee all new federal employees will be educated about unions and collective bargaining during hiring and onboarding.
Labor allies in Congress included protections for workers in the Build Back Better Plan, such as tougher financial penalties for employers who engage in unfair labor practices or disregard workplace health and safety rules, a $20 billion expansion of workforce development programs and funding for employment and training for dislocated workers, four weeks of paid family and medical leave, and more.
Did You Know...
The Build Back Better Act currently being debated in Congress will expand and improve Medicare to include hearing loss benefits, among other health care provisions?
In 2019, workers in heavy manufacturing made up 75.9 percent of hearing loss cases! This new benefit will be a dramatic improvement to those workers who spent years in factories supplying America.
Stay tuned for more about the Build Back Better Act, which will go to a vote the week of Nov. 15, according to a statement by President Biden.
Sources: healthcarefinancenews.com