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Rashida Tlaib on Jobs
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Equal pay for equal work, make it fair for everyone
Women deserve equal pay for equal work, and
I'll fight to end wage discrimination and close the pay gap.
Source: 2018 Congress MI-13 election website RashidaForCongress.com
, Oct 9, 2018
Protect the unions; they built the middle class
I'll protect our unions, the organizations that built our middle class and are
on the front lines of the fight against the Republicans and their billionaire friends.
Source: 2018 Congress MI-13 election website RashidaForCongress.com
, Oct 9, 2018
Fight for $15 minimum wage, plus livable wage jobs
I'll fight for a $15 minimum wage that gives our workers the ability to provide for their families.
I don't just want to create jobs, I want to create living wage jobs.
Source: 2018 Congress MI-13 election website RashidaForCongress.com
, Oct 9, 2018
$15 hourly minimum wage is economic justice
Q: What policies do you support to help the public improve their economic positions?Rashida Tlaib: One of my top priorities is economic justice. This includes securing a $15 hourly minimum wage, standing up for unions to improve working conditions
for all, preventing cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, ending corporate welfare, and ending wage discrimination. By improving our economic foothold, we improve quality of life all-around, including health and public safety.
Source: League of Women Voters Q&A on 2018 Congress MI-13 election
, Sep 9, 2018
Sponsored bill for strengthening union organizing.
Tlaib co-sponsored PRO Act
H.R.842 & S.420: Protecting the Right to Organize Act: This bill expands various labor protections related to employees' rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace:
- revises the definitions of employee, supervisor, and employer to broaden the scope of individuals covered by the fair labor standards;
- permits labor organizations to encourage participation of union members in strikes initiated by employees represented by a different labor organization (i.e., secondary strikes); and
- prohibits employers from bringing claims against unions that conduct such secondary strikes.
The bill also allows collective bargaining agreements to require all employees represented by the bargaining unit to contribute fees to the labor organization for the cost of such representation.Biden Administration in SUPPORT: The Administration strongly supports The PRO Act. America was not built by Wall Street. It was built by the middle class,
and unions built the middle class. Unions put power in the hands of workers. H.R. 842 would strengthen and protect workers' right to form a union by assessing penalties on employers who violate workers' right to organize.
Rep. Mo Brooks in OPPOSITION: H.R. 842 [is] a radical union bill that tramples the rights of citizens by forcing them to enter into union servitude, including:
- Overturns right-to-work laws in 27 states, thereby forcing citizens, against their will, to pay millions of dollars in dues to labor unions.
- Denies citizens' rights to vote by secret ballot on whether to join a union by imposing a biased "card-check" scheme.
- Deprives individuals of entrepreneurial opportunities. The PRO Act would eliminate the franchise industry and sharing economy as we know them.
Legislative Outcome:Passed House 222-204-4 (Rollcall 82) on 03/09/2021; received and read in the Senate on 3/23; no further Senate action during 2021.
Source: H.R.842/S.420 21-HR842 on Feb 4, 2021
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