[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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Derived from a tracked promise: “[Send economic recovery legislation to Congress] including the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, card check, union and bargaining …”
Sources
- The American Presidency Project — Biden Campaign Press Release: Build Back Better for American Workers (Sept. 7, 2020)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/biden-campaign-press-release-fact-sheet-joe-bidens-plan-build-back-better-for-american ↗
“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”
- The White House (Biden administration, archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/09/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-the-house-taking-up-the-pro-act/ ↗
“I urge Congress to send the PRO Act to my desk so we can seize the opportunity to build a future that reflects working people's courage and ambition”
“Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.”
“The U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is modifying Wage and Hour Division regulations to replace its analysis for determining employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act”
- The American Presidency Project — Biden Campaign Press Release (July 14, 2020)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/biden-campaign-press-release-the-biden-plan-build-modern-sustainable-infrastructure-and ↗
“create 1 million new jobs in auto manufacturing, auto supply chains, and auto infrastructure”
- The American Presidency Project — Biden Remarks on Clean Energy Future, Wilmington, DE (July 14, 2020)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/build-back-better-remarks-vice-president-joe-biden-our-clean-energy-future-wilmington ↗
“one million good new jobs in the American auto industry, its supply chains”
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticshttps://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES3133600101 ↗
“All employees, thousands, motor vehicles and parts, seasonally adjusted”
- The White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2024/07/11/background-press-call-by-senior-administration-officials-on-new-action-to-ensure-the-future-of-the-american-auto-industry/ ↗
“creating 275,000 auto jobs and celebrating 20 new auto facilities”
- Rev (Biden Build Back Better speech transcript, July 9, 2020)https://www.rev.com/transcripts/joe-biden-speech-transcript-on-economic-recovery-plan-july-9 ↗
“my plan will help create at least 5 million, 5 million new, good paying jobs…in manufacturing and innovation and create them right here in the United States”
- ABC News — Biden DNC acceptance speech full text (Aug. 20, 2020)https://abcnews.com/Politics/full-text-joe-bidens-2020-democratic-national-convention/story?id=72513129 ↗
“with 5 million new manufacturing and technology jobs so the future is made in America”
- The White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/24/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administrations-progress-creating-a-future-made-in-america/ ↗
“the United States has created nearly 800,000 manufacturing jobs, after the last administration lost manufacturing jobs.”
“since Mr. Biden took office in January 2021, the U.S added around 729,000 manufacturing jobs.”
- The White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/09/fact-sheet-chips-and-science-act-will-lower-costs-create-jobs-strengthen-supply-chains-and-counter-china/ ↗
“The CHIPS and Science Act provides $52.7 billion for American semiconductor research, development, manufacturing, and workforce development.”
- Federal Register (DoD, GSA, NASA)https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/07/2022-04173/federal-acquisition-regulation-amendments-to-the-far-buy-american-act-requirements ↗
“DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement an Executive order addressing domestic preferences in Government procurement.”
- The White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/02/updated-fact-sheet-bipartisan-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act/ ↗
“The legislation includes around $550 billion in new federal investment in America's roads and bridges, water infrastructure, resilience, internet, and more.”
- The American Presidency Project — Biden Remarks, Luzerne County, PA (Oct. 24, 2020)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-vice-president-joe-biden-luzerne-county-pennsylvania ↗
“We'll create millions of union jobs modernizing our infrastructure… Rebuilding American manufacturing by enforcing a real Buy American plan.”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-03-07/html/2022-04173.htm ↗
“This rule increases the domestic content threshold initially from 55 percent to 60 percent, then to 65 percent in calendar year 2024 and to 75 percent in calendar year 2029.”
“Created 940,000 construction jobs and construction employment is at a record high”
“Nationally, 9.9% of workers were union members in 2024, compared with 13.4% in 2000.”
- Commission on Presidential Debates — September 29, 2020 Debate Transcripthttps://www.debates.org/voter-education/debate-transcripts/september-29-2020-debate-transcript/ ↗
“The federal government spends $600 billion a year on everything from ships, to steel, to buildings and the like. And under my proposal, we're going to make sure that every penny of that has to be made by a company”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-01-28/html/2021-02038.htm ↗
“use terms and conditions of Federal financial assistance awards and Federal procurements to maximize the use of goods, products, and materials produced in, and services offered in, the United States”
- The White House (Biden administration, archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/28/fact-sheet-the-american-families-plan/ ↗
“twelve weeks of paid parental, family, and personal illness/safe leave by year 10 of the program”
“Became Public Law No: 117-169.”
“Democrats had originally wanted to include funding for childcare, universal pre-K and paid family leave — all items that were dropped over the course of negotiations.”
- The American Presidency Project — Biden Campaign Press Release: 21st Century Caregiving and Education Workforce (July 21, 2020)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/biden-campaign-press-release-the-biden-plan-for-mobilizing-american-talent-and-heart ↗
“This plan, combined with Biden's proposal to provide families with up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, will put 3 million Americans to work in new care and education jobs”
- The American Presidency Project — Biden-Harris Plan to Fight for Workers (Sept. 9, 2020)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/biden-campaign-press-release-fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-plan-fight-for-workers-delivering ↗
“Biden will establish a 28% corporate tax rate, plus a 10% Offshoring Penalty surtax, on profits of any production by a United States company overseas for sales back to the United States.”
- The White House (archived), Executive Order 14005https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/25/executive-order-on-ensuring-the-future-is-made-in-all-of-america-by-all-of-americas-workers/ ↗
“the United States Government should, consistent with applicable law, use terms and conditions of Federal financial assistance awards and Federal procurements to maximize the use of goods, products, and materials produced in, and services offered in, the United States”
- The White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/04/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-delivers-on-made-in-america-commitments/ ↗
“This final rule will increase that threshold to 60 percent this year, 65 percent in 2024, and 75 percent in 2029.”
- The American Presidency Project — Biden Campaign Press Release: Build Back Better by Advancing Racial Equity (July 28, 2020)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/biden-campaign-press-release-the-biden-plan-build-back-better-advancing-racial-equity ↗
“Biden strongly supports Senator Patty Murray and Congresswoman DeLauro's Paycheck Fairness Act, which codifies and expands critical Obama-Biden protections for workers' paychecks.”
“a civil penalty for a violation described in this subsection may also be assessed against any director or officer of the employer who directed or committed the violation”
- Office of Management and Budget (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/briefing-room/2022/01/25/one-year-anniversary-of-the-made-in-america-office/ ↗
“Launched MadeinAmerica.gov—a new website designed to provide greater accountability and public transparency of proposed and completed waivers from Made in America Laws”
- U.S. Department of the Interiorhttps://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-releases-final-guidance-states-access-15-billion-president-bidens ↗
“since the law's enactment, states have already plugged nearly 9,500 orphaned wells”