AFL-CIO Releases the Workers First Agenda: 5 Priorities for 2021
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13 Jan AFL-CIO Releases the Workers First Agenda: 5 Priorities for 2021

Posted at 20:35h in AFL-CIO, Legislative News, PRO Act by

The AFL-CIO’s has announced the 2021 Workers First Agenda. It is bold, comprehensive and exactly what America needs to meet this moment of pain and uncertainty. We urge Congress and the incoming Biden administration to seize this opportunity to transform the lives of working people through lasting, structural change starting with our five highest priorities:

WORKER EMPOWERMENT: At the center of this agenda is the PRO (Protecting the Right to Organize) Act.

WORKER SAFETY AND THE PANDEMIC: The most immediate focus of 2021 will be bringing the COVID-19 pandemic under control.

GOOD JOBS AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT: The first order of legislative business in 2021 will be the next COVID-19 relief bill, which must include $1 trillion in flexible grants to state and local governments and multibillion-dollar investments in infrastructure.

RACIAL JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY: The racial justice crisis is intimately connected to the ongoing public health and economic crises.

ECONOMIC SECURITY: Ensure every worker has access to quality, affordable health care, retirement security and our most basic necessities, food and housing.

Working people did the work to win the election. Now, we must dig in and do the work to transform our country for the better.

Read this fact sheet on the PRO Act.

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