Survey of 2022 Senate campaign websites: on Jobs
Alex Lasry:
25% of service contracts to minority/disadvantaged business
As part of the agreement to build Fiserv Forum, Lasry led the workforce development efforts to make sure that people often left out of major construction work got a chance to expand skills, find jobs, and build wealth. Lasry's plan required 40% of
workers on the project to consist of people underemployed or unemployed for the previous five years and at least 25% of service contracts to be awarded to minority and/or disadvantaged businesses.While others just talk about raising wages,
Alex turned his words into actions. He led negotiations for a historic project labor agreement that included provisions to hire women and minorities that are often underrepresented among union workers. The Bucks also included an agreement to implement a
$15 minimum wage for Fiserv Forum workers no later than 2023. The Bucks achieved this goal early, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour in 2020.
Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website AlexLasry.com
Nov 16, 2019
Alex Lasry:
Pass the PRO Act to protect unions, empower workers
Congress must also pass the PRO Act to ??protect unions, empower workers, and hold big businesses accountable. Progressive values are good for business and the PRO Act will ensure that projects like what he did in Milwaukee can happen across the country.
Unions make businesses better. Unions protect our workers, and make workplaces safer, stronger, and better.
We need to create a workers' bill of rights to safeguard workers' right to fair working hours, safe working conditions, and humane treatment. We need to safeguard unions and protect workers for generations to come.
We are currently one of the only campaigns in the country that has a unionized campaign staff because we practice what we preach.
Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website AlexLasry.com
Nov 16, 2019
Alex Lasry:
We pay all our employees family-sustaining wages
We also don't just talk about a $15 minimum wage; we turned our promise into action. The Bucks pay all our employees at the
Bucks' Arena family-sustaining wages because we know that paying our employees fairly is not only the right thing to do, but also translates to higher productivity. Progressive values are good business.
Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website AlexLasry.com
Nov 16, 2019
Cheri Beasley:
Strong supporter of labor movement, PRO Act
Cheri will fight for the dignity of work, and that North Carolinians deserve fair wages, safe working conditions and the ability to work and build a business in an environment free from discrimination.
A former member of SEIU, she is a strong supporter of the labor movement and the Pro [Protecting the Right to Organize] Act as well as the Paycheck Fairness Act.
Source: 2022 N.C. Senate campaign website CheriBeasley.com
Dec 1, 2021
James Vandermaas:
Create regional minimum wage based on local economy
I have developed a 'Geo-fiscal living wage' calculation, which considers the regional cost of living, affording people a living wage based upon the economy and COLA of the area in which they live. This basically means that the impractical 'flat
$15-per-hour-regardless-of-where-you-live' proposal does not take into consideration 'real-life' scenarios, and especially regional cost of living variables.
Source: 2022 Nevada Senate campaign website VoteVandermaas.com
Dec 9, 2021
James Vandermaas:
Equal compensation for equal work
The solution here has always been simple, and a fight I'm committed to winning: Equal compensation for equal work, equitable treatment in all environments,
and equal rights to privacy in all traditional ways, including personal health decisions.
Source: 2022 Nevada Senate campaign website VoteVandermaas.com
Dec 9, 2021
Jim Lamon:
I will work to eliminate the right to strike for teachers
I will work to eliminate:- The Federal department of Education.
- Critical Race Theory: Anything that creates disharmony, entitlement and victimization is not in our society's best interest.
- The right to strike for teachers: Teachers are
essential resources who should not be distracted by political activism. I will work to improve their remuneration and working conditions.
Source: 2022 Arizona Senate campaign website JimLamon.com
Apr 20, 2022
Krystle Matthews:
Minimum wage should rise in value equal to cost of living
Understanding a living wage is saying minimum wage
should raise at an equivalent value to the cost of living.
Source: 2022 S.C. Senate campaign website MatthewsForSenate.com
May 29, 2022
Luke Mixon:
Critical to guarantee right to join or form a union
We must create jobs, raise wages, and guarantee the right to join or form a union:It is critical that we guarantee the right to join or form a union in Louisiana. Senator Kennedy has consistently voted to protect big corporations and not
the hard-working people of Louisiana. In 2019, the AFL-CIO gave Kennedy a career grade of 8/100 for protecting Louisiana's middle class. It is our state leadership's duty to unapologetically fight for the hard-working people of Louisiana.
Source: 2022 Louisiana Senate campaign website LukeMixon.com
Jul 19, 2021
Madison Horn:
Became an advocate for diversifying the cybersecurity field
She has frequently found herself one of the only women in the room throughout her career. In working her way up the corporate ladder, Madison became an advocate for diversifying the cybersecurity field and a leader in her company for
pushing for a more inclusive future. She became involved as a dedicated mentor for women through various organizations, focusing on youth from under-resourced communities like herself.
Source: 2022 Oklahoma Senate campaign website MadisonHorn.com
Aug 24, 2022
Madison Horn:
Support providing livable wages to hard working Americans
- Address the growing workforce shortage with vocational and co-op development programs
- Support legislation providing livable wages to hard working Americans
- Promote workforce development programs to meet the demands of our
21st century economy
- Pass legislation supporting small business owners and entrepreneurship
- Modernize policy and regulation for emerging sectors and the businesses of today
Source: 2022 Oklahoma Senate campaign website MadisonHorn.com
Aug 24, 2022
Mandela Barnes:
Supports raising minimum wage to $15 an hour
Mandela will fight to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour to ensure a living
wage for all workers and support legislation indexing the minimum wage to inflation.
Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website MandelaBarnes.com
Jul 31, 2022
Mandela Barnes:
Strengthen unions, oppose Right to Work laws
Mandela will support legislation to strengthen our unions, including legislation to prohibit employers from permanently replacing strikers, to strengthen labor rights through the
Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, and to fully fund and empower the National Labor Relations Board.Mandela will oppose so-called Right to Work legislation that threatens labor unions' ability to effectively organize.
Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website MandelaBarnes.com
Jul 31, 2022
Michael Franken:
Fairness means equal pay for equal work
Fairness also means equal pay for equal work. There can be no double standard for women or men.
Both need to have paid family leave and sick leave and end sexual discrimination, as well as workplace sexual harassment.
Source: 2022 IA Senate campaign website FrankenForIowa.com
Jun 9, 2022
Sharif Street:
Strengthen workers ability to collectively bargain
Sharif is a passionate supporter of the right of workers to organize and form unions. He will fight back any attempt to weaken unions and supports
legislation that strengthens a workers ability to collectively bargain.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website StreetForPA.com
Jun 27, 2022
Sharif Street:
Increase minimum wage to $12, increase to $15/hour by 2025
Pennsylvania has not seen a raise in the minimum wage since 2019. It currently sits at the Federal minimum of $7.25 an hour, lower than every state that surrounds us. Sharif supports legislation that would immediately raise the minimum wage to
$12, followed by a gradual 50 cent increases until the rate reached $15 an hour in 2025. The rate would then automatically increase to keep up with inflation.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website StreetForPA.com
Jun 27, 2022
Trudy Busch Valentine:
Raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. No one should have to work multiple jobs just to afford groceries or a roof over their head.
The federal minimum wage hasn't been raised in 13 years and it's far past time to invest in a living wage for all Americans.
Source: 2022 MO Senate campaign website TrudyBuschValentine.com
Jul 31, 2022
Trudy Busch Valentine:
Guarantee equal pay for equal work
Guaranteeing equal pay for equal work. Trudy believes people who do the same work should receive the same pay, regardless of their gender.
Equal pay is also good for our economy. If women were simply paid the same as men, we could cut poverty among working women in half.
Source: 2022 MO Senate campaign website TrudyBuschValentine.com
Jul 31, 2022
Trudy Busch Valentine:
Support PRO Act: advocate for right of workers to unionize
Championing labor unions--the backbone of the middle class--by supporting the PRO Act. We've seen a decline in worker protections that has occurred in tandem with the decline of labor unions across the country. In the U.S. Senate,
Trudy will be a fearless advocate for the right of all workers to unionize. That starts with supporting the PRO Act which would require employers to allow employees to communicate about and conduct organizing efforts.
Source: 2022 MO Senate campaign website TrudyBuschValentine.com
Jul 31, 2022
Will Boyd:
Support Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act