{"id":1871909,"date":"2023-03-08T14:42:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T19:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ed-markeys-staff-becomes-first-recognized-senate-union\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T19:45:39","slug":"ed-markeys-staff-becomes-first-recognized-senate-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ed-markeys-staff-becomes-first-recognized-senate-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Markey&#8217;s staff becomes first recognized Senate union"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fed-markeys-staff-becomes-first-recognized-senate-union%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=1871909&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-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78291458\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"US to relax COVID-19 restrictions for those traveling from China\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The United States is planning to relax COVID-19 restrictions for travelers entering the country from China as soon as Friday. 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This recognition is significant for the labour force as this is the first. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unions\">Senate labor union<\/a> According to the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Congress_Union\/status\/1633482714950037506\">Congressional Workers Union.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/union-membership-record-low-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNION MEMBERSHIP FELL TO RECORD LOW IN 2022 DESPITE HIGH-PROFILE LABOR WINS<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"TweetUrl\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">100% <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMarkey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenMarkey<\/a> Staffers requested voluntary recognition after they came forward. This Office, once it is recognized by the United States Senate, will become the first unionized United States Senate Office!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressional Workers Union (@Congress_Union) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Congress_Union\/status\/1633482714950037506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2023<\/a>               <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I applaud these passionate, dedicated workers who are exercising their right to organize through this fundamental, critical exercise in democracy,&#8221; Senator Democratic <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2023\/03\/08\/with-voluntary-recognition-ed-markeys-staff-will-be-the-first-in-the-senate-to-unionize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>Per. <i>Roll Call<\/i> &#8220;I am proud of my staff for embodying the commitment not to agonize, but to organize. I recognize their effort to unionize and look forward to engaging with them and the Congressional Workers Union.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Markey&#8217;s team is now the only one to make history in unionization. His team was named the 2020 President. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2020\/04\/29\/metro\/markeys-senate-reelection-campaign-unionizes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first statewide campaign<\/a> According to the Massachusetts Unionization Act, it is possible to unite in Massachusetts <i>Boston Globe<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>The union would include all positions other than management in his Senate office. This includes most of his nearly two dozen staffers. A staff union will allow congressional aides the opportunity to lobby and negotiate for improved working conditions. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"512\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"512\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><source width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source>                                 <\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"> Delegate Ed Markey from Massachusetts speaks at a local phone bank of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103, just before President Joe Biden arrived in Boston, Friday Dec. 2, 2022.                 <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">                 (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The House was completed May 20, 2022. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/house-votes-to-allow-staffers-to-unionize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed a resolution<\/a> After anonymous complaints about the mistreatment of aides and their salary ranges, it was decided to allow all congressional staffers to join the union in lower chamber. The Senate didn&#8217;t pass a similar resolution to their staffers and impeded any organizing efforts. <\/p>\n<p>The following July saw eight House staffers o<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/ed-markey-staff-first-union-senate\">Ed Markey&#8217;s staff becomes first recognized Senate union<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ed Markey (D\u2013MA) gave staffers an enormous win by recognising their union, despite the fact that rules exempt the Senate from federal labor laws. Markey&#8217;s staff asked Senator Markey to honor their beginning organization during Wednesday&#8217;s staff meeting. This recognition is significant for the labour force as this is the first. 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