Labor Standards
LABOR STANDARDS Vice President Biden has stood with unions and marched in solidarity2 with striking workers3 his entire career. Before he left the Senate in 2008 and entered the White House as vice president, he had a 100% voting record on working family issues in 2007 and a lifetime voting rating – over 35 years – of 85 percent4. Joe Biden outlines his labor advocacy in his Empower Workers Plan.5 He explicitly states support for:
Joe Biden was an original co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act, legislation that would have made it easier for workers to organize through card-check, which is included in the PRO Act.6 Joe Biden believes the federal government should not only defend workers’ right to organize and bargain collectively but also encourage collective bargaining. IBEW Local 73 Political Action page 2 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/20/biden-lands-food-workers-endorsement-138727 4 http://www.ibew.org/Journals/scans/IBEW%20Journal/2008-Fall%20IBEW%20Journal.pdf 5 https://joebiden.com/EmpowerWorkers/ 6 http://www.ibew.org/Journals/scans/IBEW%20Journal/2008-Fall%20IBEW%20Journal.pdf
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