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Jobs, Manufacturing & Labor
Employment, wages, unions, workforce training, and domestic manufacturing.
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Officials on Jobs, Manufacturing & Labor
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| RDonald J. Trump | 26 | 35% | 1 |
| DJoe Biden | 16 | 31% | 1 |
| RTommy Tuberville | 4 | — | 3 |
| DCharles E. Schumer | 2 | 100% | 3 |
| DTim Kaine | 2 | 100% | 2 |
| RJames C. Justice | 2 | 100% | 2 |
| DJohn Fetterman | 2 | 100% | 2 |
| DAdam B. Schiff | 2 | 50% | 2 |
| DAngela D. Alsobrooks | 2 | 50% | 2 |
| DGary C. Peters | 2 | 0% | 2 |
| DGavin Newsom | 2 | — | 2 |
| RBernie Moreno | 2 | — | 2 |
| RPatrick Morrisey | 2 | — | 2 |
| DRobert C. "Bobby" Scott | 2 | — | 2 |
| DKirsten E. Gillibrand | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RMike Lee | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DRosa L. DeLauro | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RRick Scott | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DBen Ray Luján | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RJoe Lombardo | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RVirginia Foxx | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DMark DeSaulnier | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DTina Smith | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DTammy Baldwin | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| RMichael J Rogers | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| DCatherine Cortez Masto | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| DAngie Craig | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| DRick Larsen | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| DManny Rutinel | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| DMatt Meyer | 1 | — | 1 |
| DMaria Cantwell | 1 | — | 1 |
| RRand Paul | 1 | — | 1 |
| DChris Van Hollen | 1 | — | 1 |
| DJohn W. Hickenlooper | 1 | — | 1 |
| RKay Ivey | 1 | — | 1 |
| DNed Lamont | 1 | — | 1 |
| RBrian Kemp | 1 | — | 1 |
| RBrad Little | 1 | — | 1 |
| RTate Reeves | 1 | — | 1 |
| RKevin Stitt | 1 | — | 1 |
| DJosh Shapiro | 1 | — | 1 |
| RLarry Rhoden | 1 | — | 1 |
| DAbigail Spanberger | 1 | — | 1 |
| RMark Gordon | 1 | — | 1 |
| DRaphael G. Warnock | 1 | — | 1 |
| DChristopher R. Deluzio | 1 | — | 1 |
Positions on record
- Manny RutinelStated position
Raise the federal minimum wage.
View position & sources → - Michael J RogersStated position
Oppose and roll back the federal EV mandate to protect Michigan's traditional gas-powered auto industry and autoworker jobs.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Rick LarsenStated position
Raise the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour.
View position & sources → - Angie CraigStated position
Pass the PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize Act) to make it easier for workers to organize and collectively bargain.
View position & sources → - James C. JusticeStated position
Committed to fight for a better economy by cutting regulations, supporting small businesses, and standing up for the middle class.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Angela D. AlsobrooksStated position
As a Senator, Alsobrooks will support increasing the minimum wage and indexing any increase to inflation.
View position & sources → - Rick ScottStated position
Reduce the size of the federal government workforce by 25% within 5 years.
View position & sources → - Adam B. SchiffStated position
Support a $20 federal minimum wage, indexed to inflation.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Adam B. SchiffStated position
Fight to pass the PRO Act to strengthen labor unions and workers' organizing rights.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Christopher R. DeluzioStated position
Will protect workers' privacy, safety, and right to organize from employer workplace surveillance.
View position & sources → - Charles E. SchumerStated position
Advance the Make More in America Act to expand Export-Import Bank financing and bring manufacturing and good-paying jobs back to the United States.
View position & sources → - Tommy TubervilleStated position
Stated that his first-day priority as governor would be to strengthen Alabama's workforce and expand the state's economic potential.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - John W. HickenlooperStated position
Stated he would support raising the federal minimum wage.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Tommy TubervilleStated position
Pledged, as governor, to make Alabama the national leader in workforce development.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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).
View position & sources → - Mark GordonStated position
Fund a market pay adjustment to keep state employee salaries competitive so Wyoming does not lose experienced workers to neighboring states.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Ned LamontStated position
Committed, through the budget, to eliminate state licensing fees for nurses and the trades.
View position & sources → - Brian KempStated position
Propose the Education and Workforce Strategy Act to further align education with workforce needs.
View position & sources → - Kay IveyStated position
Ivey proposed a two percent pay raise for all Alabama state employees, including state troopers, mental health workers, and cybersecurity staff.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - 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.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Brad LittleStated position
Preserve the Idaho LAUNCH workforce-training grant program in the state budget.
View position & sources → - Gavin NewsomStated position
Newsom said he would ask the Legislature to reauthorize California's business tax-credit program (CalCompetes) for another five years to retain and attract jobs.
View position & sources → - Raphael G. WarnockStated position
Pass the bipartisan Pathways to Prosperity Act to strengthen the workforce pipeline by connecting community and technical colleges to local industry jobs.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Bernie MorenoStated position
Impose a 25% tax on companies that outsource jobs and hire foreign workers instead of Americans through the Halting International Relocation of Employment (HIRE) Act, using the revenue to fund workforce development.
View position & sources → - Bernie MorenoStated position
Allow Ohioans to write off interest on auto loans for U.S.-assembled vehicles (the USA CAR Act), delivering 'no taxes on interest for auto loans of American-made vehicles' — a commitment Moreno framed as fulfilling a campaign-trail promise.
View position & sources → - Tommy TubervilleStated position
Committed, in his 2026 gubernatorial bid, to bring manufacturing jobs to Alabama.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Maria CantwellStated position
Committed to rebuilding U.S. maritime strength — expanding American-built and American-crewed shipping, securing icebreakers for the Arctic, creating financial tools to incentivize shipbuilding, strengthening ports and shipyards, and investing in the maritime workforce.
View position & sources → - Robert C. "Bobby" ScottStated position
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.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Robert C. "Bobby" ScottStated position
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.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - 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.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Josh ShapiroStated position
Raise Pennsylvania's minimum wage to $15 an hour (proposed to take effect January 1, 2027).
View position & sources → - Kevin StittStated position
Spur the creation of 250 new apprenticeship and internship programs in a single year through businesses, schools, and universities.
View position & sources → - 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.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Gary C. PetersStated position
Committed to passing his Strengthening Support for American Manufacturing Act and Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act into law to support Michigan's manufacturing industry and workforce.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Ben Ray LujánStated position
Committed to work to advance and promote policies that create opportunities for New Mexican businesses and workers.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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).
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Tammy BaldwinStated position
Pass the PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize Act) to strengthen workers' rights to organize, bargain collectively, and strike.
View position & sources → - Mark DeSaulnierStated position
Enact the CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act to raise the corporate income tax rate on publicly traded corporations that pay their CEO or highest-paid employee more than 100 times the median compensation of their U.S. workers.
View position & sources → - Tim KaineStated position
Signature bill: authored and continues to push the JOBS Act to expand Pell Grant eligibility to shorter-term job-training programs so more workers can access skills training for good-paying jobs.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Gary C. PetersStated position
Pledged to keep working to pass and sign into law the Vehicle Innovation Act, which funds advanced-vehicle research and development to create auto-manufacturing jobs in Michigan.
View position & sources → - Charles E. SchumerStated position
Boost American jobs and manufacturing by investing in domestic semiconductor production
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Tina SmithStated position
Introduced legislation (the Emergency Insulin Act) to let states run emergency insulin programs, require insulin manufacturers to fund those programs, hold manufacturers accountable for price-gouging, and promote competition to drive down insulin prices.
View position & sources → - Catherine Cortez MastoStated position
Cortez Masto stated her number one priority would be building a stronger economy with new jobs, growing wages, and tax fairness for the middle class.
View position & sources → - John FettermanStated position
Fetterman committed to supporting an increase in the federal minimum wage to at least $15 an hour.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Charles E. SchumerInferred · AI analysis · 78% confidence
His sponsored Make More in America Act (S.4781) would expand the Export-Import Bank's mission to finance domestic critical industries that support U.S. employment and strengthen manufacturing competitiveness — indicating a record that favors bolstering American jobs and domestic production through federal financing. (direction: reinforces)
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