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The BCTGM commends the work of the Biden Administration for standing up to Republicans in Congress and ONCE AGAIN protecting the pensions of Americaโ€™s workers. For months, Republicans have held Americaโ€™s economy hostage in a manufactured debt ceiling crisis, threatening working people with economic catastrophe. Under President Bidenโ€™s leadership and bipartisan approach, workers will avoid the loss of funding for pension security that was already approved and signed into law. โ€œThe funding necessary for long-term solvency of...

01 June, 2023

President Joe Biden on Tuesday continued his support of pro-union actions by calling for the House to pass the Protect the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) to make it easier for workers to unionize. Biden strongly encouraged the House of Representatives to "pass the PRO Act," a bill that he said would strengthen unions and "dramatically enhance the power of workers to organize and collectively bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions." ...

29 April, 2021

Simply stated, the American Rescue Plan helps keep the promise of a secure retirement for millions of working Americans who have earned, and deserve, nothing less. Here are some important points on the American Rescue Plan which protects the B&C Plan and more than 10 million hardworking Americans who participate in multiemployer plans: โ— Elections have consequences. In the American Rescue Plan (ARP), President Biden and our pro-worker allies in Congress delivered $86 billion in...

27 April, 2021

Today is a national day of action for the PRO Act and we asking every BCTGM member to help flood the Senate phone lines with support for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Click to call senators Weโ€™re almost there. If we can get this passed, working peopleโ€™s rights will be protected for generations to come. The PRO Act has already passed the U.S. House with bipartisan support. The PRO Act would: Empower workers to exercise the...

08 April, 2021

On March 26, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) hosted a virtual celebration with Ohio workers and retirees to discuss the importance of securing the multiemployer pension measure in the American Rescue Plan. BCTGM Local 57 member Kate Hughes, a worker at Bimbo Bakeries in Zanesville, Ohio was invited to participate in the event called, โ€œThe Virtual Dignity of Work Celebration: Keeping Our Pension Promises.โ€ Senator Brown called on each worker to discuss why the pension measure was important. โ€œIโ€™m...

01 April, 2021

This week, House Democrats passed the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion bill to help fight the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday, President Biden signed the law, which will provide significant assistance to the American people during this unprecedented crisis. The American Rescue Plan is a victory. As we wrote yesterday, this historic legislation saves multiemployer pension plans like the B&C Pension Fund. The legislation provides the funding necessary for long-term solvency without forcing reductions...

12 March, 2021

Today, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Act, finalizing $1.9 trillion in relief funding. Included in the package is $86 billion for multiemployer pension funds, like the B&C Pension Fund. The legislation provides the funding necessary for long-term solvency without forcing reductions in participantsโ€™ hard-earned pension benefits. The pandemic exacerbated the multiemployer pension crisis. This bill will save the pensions of more than 1.3 million hard-working Americans. The package also provides long-term stability for single-employer plans. Yesterday,...

11 March, 2021

The Protecting the Right to Organize Act โ€” PRO Act (H.R. 842) passed the House last night with a 225-206 vote, with five Republicans joining Democrats in favor of it. President Biden strongly backs the legislation and released a powerful statement this week stating, "Nearly 60 million Americans would join a union if they get a chance, but too many employers and states prevent them from doing so through anti-union attacks. They know that without...

10 March, 2021

On February 26, the House of Representatives passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal that includes multiemployer pension relief and major components of the AFL-CIO's Americaโ€™s Five Economic Essentials. Call Your Senators The package, according to The New York Times, "includes more than $400 billion to combat the pandemic directly, including money to accelerate vaccine deployment and to safely reopen most schools within 100 days. An additional $350 billion would...

02 March, 2021

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: โ€œAmerica can only build back better if unions are doing the building.โ€ Today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and leaders from construction and manufacturing unions met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss actions the administration can take to create good-paying union jobs, highlighting the need to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, COVID-19 relief and an infrastructure package. After the meeting,...

17 February, 2021

On February 4, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) along with Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Congressman Robert C. โ€œBobbyโ€ Scott (VA-03), Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, comprehensive labor legislation to protect workersโ€™ right to stand together and bargain for fairer wages, better...

05 February, 2021

President Biden has indicated he will seek to build worker power by strengthening unions. On election day eve, campaigning in western Pennsylvania, he promised to be โ€œthe most pro-union president youโ€™ve ever seenโ€. In his campaign platform, Biden endorsed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (Pro Act) which would make it easier for unions to organize workers. Americaโ€™s labor laws are no longer an effective. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act will provide...

22 January, 2021

The AFL-CIOโ€™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:...

13 January, 2021

President-elect Joe Biden has announced that he has chosen Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be his labor secretary. Walsh, 53, has served as the Democratic mayor of Boston since 2014. A former union member, Walsh has a long history with labor. He served as president of Laborers Local 223 and, before becoming mayor, led the Boston Building Trades of the AFL-CIO. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Walsh will be an "exceptional" labor secretary, stating: โ€œBoston Mayor Marty Walsh...

08 January, 2021

After months of delay, Senate Republicans have revealed a โ€œbillโ€ that spectacularly fails to meet the moment. It does nothing to address state and local budget crises and our cratering economy. As COVID cases spike and unemployment remains high, we need Senate Republicans to stop delaying and immediately turn to the crisis at hand. They cannot leave Washington again until the next relief package includes at least $1 trillion in federal aid to our states,...

30 July, 2020