(Source: Statement by Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa published in the Detroit News, May 5, 2021)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters and other unions for years have been urging lawmakers in Washington, D.C. to prioritize the needs of working people, given that the wealthy in this country have never done better. Finally, elected officials are responding.
More than a million hardworking Americans are set to benefit from a multiemployer pension fix enacted by Congress in March, and efforts to help U.S. workers haven’t stopped there. President Biden in recent weeks rolled out substantive proposals like the American Jobs Plan (AJP) and the American Families Plan (AFP) that would bring good-paying jobs and added work-home balance to many workers who have been struggling to support their families during the pandemic.
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