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Issue

Jobs, Manufacturing & Labor

76
tracked promises
42%
of scored promises kept
36
stated positions
36/0
declared / inferred
31
officials on record

Officials on Jobs, Manufacturing & Labor

Positions on record

  • Rick LarsenStated position

    Raise the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour.

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  • Angie CraigStated position

    Pass the PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize Act) to make it easier for workers to organize and collectively bargain.

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  • Angela D. AlsobrooksStated position

    Alsobrooks will be a strong supporter of passing the PRO Act in the Senate to strengthen workers' rights to collective bargaining.

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  • Angela D. AlsobrooksStated position

    As a Senator, Alsobrooks will support increasing the minimum wage and indexing any increase to inflation.

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  • Adam B. SchiffStated position

    Support a $20 federal minimum wage, indexed to inflation.

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  • Adam B. SchiffStated position

    Fight to pass the PRO Act to strengthen labor unions and workers' organizing rights.

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  • Kirsten E. GillibrandStated position

    Support passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to empower workers and protect the right to join a union.

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  • Christopher R. DeluzioStated position

    Will protect workers' privacy, safety, and right to organize from employer workplace surveillance.

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  • Tommy TubervilleStated position

    Pledged, as governor, to make Alabama the national leader in workforce development.

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  • James C. JusticeStated position

    Co-introduced bipartisan legislation (the Protecting Circuit Boards and Substrates Act) to encourage domestic manufacturing of printed circuit boards, stating the goal of making more products in the United States.

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  • Abigail SpanbergerStated position

    Raise Virginia's minimum wage to $15 per hour, phased in to reach $15.00 on January 1, 2028 (with an interim increase to $13.75 on January 1, 2027).

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  • Mark GordonStated position

    Fund a market pay adjustment to keep state employee salaries competitive so Wyoming does not lose experienced workers to neighboring states.

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  • Ned LamontStated position

    Committed, through the budget, to eliminate state licensing fees for nurses and the trades.

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  • Brian KempStated position

    Propose the Education and Workforce Strategy Act to further align education with workforce needs.

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  • Larry RhodenStated position

    Said his Department of Labor and Regulation is bringing legislation this year to establish a State Apprenticeship Agency to expand workforce apprenticeships.

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  • Gavin NewsomStated position

    Newsom committed to scale California's apprenticeships and earn-and-learn workforce programs to serve more than 500,000 individuals by 2029.

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  • Raise the federal minimum wage to $17.00 an hour, phased in over five years, and phase out the separate subminimum wages for tipped workers, youth, and workers with disabilities — via the Raise the Wage Act of 2025 (H.R. 2743), which Scott sponsors.

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  • Chris Van HollenStated position

    Pledged to keep fighting in the courts to reverse the firings of probationary federal employees, and backed legislation ensuring reinstated workers would not have to restart their probationary periods.

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  • Enact the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 20) to overhaul federal labor law — strengthening workers' right to organize and collectively bargain, adding penalties for violations, and closing loopholes that let employers misclassify employees — which Scott introduced as lead House sponsor.

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  • Patrick MorriseyStated position

    Enact universal occupational licensing reciprocity so workers such as contractors, electricians, and nurses licensed in another state can work in West Virginia right away.

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  • Rand PaulStated position

    Reintroduced the National Right to Work Act to repeal federal provisions that permit private-sector, airline, and railroad workers to be required to join or pay dues to a union as a condition of employment.

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  • Patrick MorriseyStated position

    Build a 'dynamic jobs portal' through the state workforce team to identify and recruit candidates for West Virginia's current job needs.

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  • Tim KaineStated position

    Pledged to do everything he can to stand up for federal workers and defend the nonpartisan civil service against efforts to reclassify or fire career employees en masse, backed by his Saving the Civil Service Act.

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  • Josh ShapiroStated position

    Raise Pennsylvania's minimum wage to $15 an hour (proposed to take effect January 1, 2027).

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  • Kevin StittStated position

    Spur the creation of 250 new apprenticeship and internship programs in a single year through businesses, schools, and universities.

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  • Tate ReevesStated position

    Direct Mississippi's higher education institutions to train residents for in-demand jobs as part of the state's workforce development push.

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  • Matt MeyerStated position

    Sign an Executive Order (his first) directing state agencies to expand youth apprenticeships and paid 'earn-and-learn' work-based learning so students can learn and earn.

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  • Donald J. TrumpStated position

    Support baseline Tariffs on Foreign-made goods, pass the Trump Reciprocal Trade Act, and respond to unfair Trading practices. As Tariffs on Foreign Producers go up, Taxes on American Workers, Families, and Businesses can come down.

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  • Mike LeeStated position

    Committed to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act (the federal construction prevailing-wage law), repeatedly reintroducing his Davis-Bacon Repeal Act on the argument it inflates federal spending and hurts workers.

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  • Virginia FoxxStated position

    Reauthorize and modernize the nation's workforce development and job-training system through A Stronger Workforce for America Act (H.R. 6655).

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  • Rosa L. DeLauroStated position

    Enact the Paycheck Fairness Act to close the gender wage gap by ending pay-secrecy policies, holding employers accountable for discriminatory pay practices, making it easier for workers to challenge pay discrimination, and strengthening remedies for affected employees.

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  • Tammy BaldwinStated position

    Pass the PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize Act) to strengthen workers' rights to organize, bargain collectively, and strike.

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  • Joe LombardoStated position

    Give all state workers an 8 percent pay increase in the first year and an additional 4 percent increase the following year.

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  • John FettermanStated position

    Fetterman said that if elected he would immediately co-sponsor the PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize Act) as written, to expand workers' rights to organize.

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  • Joe BidenStated position

    [Send economic recovery legislation to Congress] including the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, card check, union and bargaining rights for public service workers, and a broad definition of 'employee' and tough enforcement to end the misclassification of workers as independent contractors.

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  • John FettermanStated position

    Fetterman committed to supporting an increase in the federal minimum wage to at least $15 an hour.

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