{"id":1271835,"date":"2022-02-04T17:07:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T22:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1271835"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:07:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T22:07:51","slug":"nancy-pelosi-aide-speaker-is-in-full-support-of-congressional-staffers-unionizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-aide-speaker-is-in-full-support-of-congressional-staffers-unionizing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi Aide: Speaker Is in &#039;Full Support&#039; of Congressional Staffers Unionizing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnancy-pelosi-aide-speaker-is-in-full-support-of-congressional-staffers-unionizing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1271835&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP21349659856493-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A senior aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday that congressional staffers who choose to unionize would have her \u201cfull support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike all Americans, our tireless Congressional staff have the right to organize their workplace and join together in a union. If and when staffers choose to exercise that right, they would have Speaker Pelosi\u2019s full support,\u201d Drew Hammill, who has been the speaker\u2019s deputy chief of staff for more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/drew-hammill-567403148\/\">three years<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Rapld\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Like all Americans, our tireless Congressional staff have the right to organize their workplace and join together in a union. If and when staffers choose to exercise that right, they would have Speaker Pelosi\u2019s full support.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Hammill (@Drew_Hammill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Drew_Hammill\/status\/1489347324216238083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The statement from Pelosi\u2019s deputy chief of staff came after she did not fully define her stance <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GWMacGillivray\/status\/1489300188468547586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1489300188468547586%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fnancy-pelosi-dodges-dear-white-staffers-instagram-capitol-hill-unionization-2022-2\">earlier in the week<\/a> when asked if she supports congressional staffers unionizing.<\/p>\n<p>During Pelosi\u2019s&nbsp;weekly press conference, she was asked, \u201cDo you support staffer attempts to unionize here in Congress?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Pelosi answered, \u201cWell, we just unionized at the DCCC [Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee], and I supported that,\u201d alluding to her possibly supporting it since she did not stop DCCC staffers from <a href=\"https:\/\/teamster.org\/2022\/01\/democratic-congressional-campaign-committee-staff-to-form-partys-largest-collective-bargaining-unit\/\">recently unionizing<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speaker Pelosi on Congressional staffers unionizing<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cspan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZvQ4XHvKPz\">pic.twitter.com\/ZvQ4XHvKPz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Graham MacGillivray (@GWMacGillivray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GWMacGillivray\/status\/1489300188468547586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last month, the&nbsp;employees of the DCCC announced they&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/teamster.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/01.28.22DCCCTeamstersRecogLtr.pdf\">secured majority support<\/a>&nbsp;to organize as members of Teamsters Local 238.&nbsp;\u201cThe DCCC Staff Union would be the largest collective bargaining unit in the Democratic Party,\u201d the press release <a href=\"https:\/\/teamster.org\/2022\/01\/democratic-congressional-campaign-committee-staff-to-form-partys-largest-collective-bargaining-unit\/\">stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A&nbsp;House Compensation and Diversity Study from 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/diversity.house.gov\/compensation-benefits\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;the median House annual salary was $59,000, which is increased from the 2019&nbsp;median House annual salary of&nbsp;$55,000. But the&nbsp;overall federal government&nbsp;median annual salary from the 2021 study was&nbsp;$106,735.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday that congressional staffers who choose to unionize would have her \u201cfull support.\u201d \u201cLike all Americans, our tireless Congressional staff &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1271835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1271835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1271835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1271835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1271835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}