{"id":2014437,"date":"2023-08-28T15:36:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-touts-report-on-unions-and-economy-ahead-of-labor-day\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T15:39:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:39:31","slug":"biden-administration-touts-report-on-unions-and-economy-ahead-of-labor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-touts-report-on-unions-and-economy-ahead-of-labor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden admin highlights union and economy report before Labor Day."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbiden-administration-touts-report-on-unions-and-economy-ahead-of-labor-day%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=2014437&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--><h2>The Treasury Department \u200cReleases Report on the Benefits of Unionization<\/h2>\n<p>The Treasury Department released a report on Monday extolling the virtues of unionization \u2062ahead of Labor Day.\u2062 Vice President Kamala Harris and\u2062 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen \u2062announced what the administration is dubbing a \u201cfirst-of-its-kind report\u201d highlighting some of the positive economic \u200deffects of \u200clabor unions. The \u2062report was commissioned by the White House as part of President Joe Biden\u2019s push toward \u2064more unionization.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Findings of the Report<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Unions raise the wages of their members by 10% to 15% and improve benefits \u2063for workers compared to nonunionized workplaces.<\/li>\n<li>Union organizing benefits not only members of unions but also employees\u2063 of \u2064nonunionized workplaces.<\/li>\n<li>Competitive wages forged by unions mean workers \u200cat nonunionized firms see wages tick up as well.<\/li>\n<li>Heightened workplace safety norms\u200b can pull up whole industries.<\/li>\n<li>Benefits also spill over to workers\u2019 \u200bfamilies and communities.<\/li>\n<li>Unions fuel equality and benefit all demographic \u2064groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cFor generations,\u200c union \u200bworkers have fought for and won higher wages, better benefits, and safer\u2064 workplace conditions for millions of American workers,\u201d Harris said \u2063on \u200ba call with reporters. \u201cUnion organizing and collective bargaining \u200chas made it possible for so many working families to buy a\u200c home, build a future, and retire with dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yellen pointed out\u200d that the Treasury Department \u200creport concluded that union organizing benefits not only members of unions but also employees of nonunionized workplaces. The report found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-touts-report-on-unions-and-economy-ahead-of-labor-day\/\" title=\"Biden admin highlights union and economy report before Labor Day.\">increasingly\u200b competitive wages forged<\/a> by unions mean workers at\u2063 nonunionized firms see wages tick up as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeightened workplace safety \u2064norms can pull up \u2062whole industries. Benefits also spill\u2062 over\u200b to workers\u2019 families\u200d and communities,\u201d Yellen said. \u201cImportantly, our research also finds that unions fuel equality. Today\u2019s unions benefit\u200d all demographic groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Biden&#8217;s Effort to Strengthen\u2062 Unions<\/h2>\n<p>The report is in line with Biden\u2019s effort to strengthen unions, and he has dubbed himself the \u2062most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/team-biden-hopeful-economic-outlook-brightening-the-polls-dont-tell-the-full-story-2\/\" title=\"Biden's team optimistic about improving economy: Polls don't reveal everything.\">pro-union \u200cpresident<\/a> in history. \u200cThe report\u200c also coincides with a recent flurry of union activity.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the United Auto Workers union \u200doverwhelmingly voted\u2064 to authorize \u200da strike, setting the stage for more intense contract negotiations in the coming weeks. The UAW voted by\u2063 a 97% margin to\u2064 give the green light\u200b to\u200c a strike, which could come as soon as the contracts expire on Sept. 14.<\/p>\n<p>The union, which represents some 150,000 workers at General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis, \u200bthe\u200d company\u200b that \u2064took over Chrysler\u2019s \u200doperations, is seeking a\u2064 46% pay boost for hourly workers over the life of the four-year \u2062contract being negotiated. Union leadership also wants \u200ca cost-of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-union-workers-authorize-auto-strike-amid-contract-negotiations\/\" title=\"UAW union workers approve auto strike during contract talks.\">-living allowance tied<\/a> to \u2063inflation.<\/p>\n<p>UPS workers also \u2063recently got a boost from their union. After a period \u200bof tense negotiations, and with the threat of a strike looming, the Teamsters union and UPS reached an agreement on a contract package that boosted wages in \u2064addition to other changes.<\/p>\n<p>Biden praised the deal after it\u200b was reached in July and emphasized the power of collective bargaining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve\u200b always said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/genuinely-thrilled-mlb-opening-day-scheduled-for-april-7\/\" title=\"\u2018Genuinely Thrilled\u2019: MLB Opening Day Scheduled For April 7\">collective bargaining works<\/a> by providing\u2062 workers a seat at the table and the opportunity to improve their lives while contributing\u200b fully to \u2063their employer\u2019s success,&#8221;\u2062 he said. \u201cThis \u200bagreement is a\u2064 testament to the power of employers and employees coming together\u200d to work out their differences at the bargaining\u200c table in a manner that helps businesses succeed while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-celebrates-ups-labor-agreement-a-testament-to-collective-bargaining\/\" title=\"Biden hails UPS labor deal as a 'testament' to collective bargaining.\">helping workers secure pay<\/a> and benefits they can raise a family on and retire with dignity and respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO\u2063 READ\u2063 MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Treasury Department praised unionization in a report released before Labor Day. 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