[ [link removed] ]SIGN ON: Support Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda.

[ [link removed] ]Sara Nelson's Tweet: Solidarity is the power tool we have to balance
the scales in our economy and democracy. @JoeBiden's #BuildBackBetter
agenda would make it easier to organize, bargain and act together. Join me
and @BoldProgressive as a public supporter.

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Hi, my name is Sara Nelson. I’m president of the Association of Flight
Attendants.

The last couple weeks, I’ve looked at Joe Biden’s economic policy
announcements from the perspective of someone who has dedicated my career
to building power for working people through strong unions.

The power of solidarity is the most effective tool we have to balance the
scales against corporations and bad bosses that invest big resources to
keep workers from forming unions and asking for better wages and working
conditions. Donald Trump has undercut worker rights every opportunity he’s
had.

I’m thrilled that as Joe Biden proposes creating millions of new jobs in
clean energy and modernizing America’s infrastructure, his proposals on
labor rights are the most progressive a party nominee has ever put
forward.

[ [link removed] ]Joe Biden’s commitment to expanding our right to organize and other
workers’ rights is a big deal and deserves our support. Will you sign on
as a supporter of his Build Back Better agenda? Click here.

Let’s be clear. Joe’s labor platform and other bold proposals didn’t just
happen. They were made possible by millions of working people who stood up
and demanded better over recent years.

No doubt, your prior activism with the Progressive Change Campaign
Committee, your local union, or other organizations and campaigns was a
part of making Biden's economic agenda bold and ambitious.

These proposals are especially powerful for millions of people of color,
immigrant workers and women — including the care economy and agriculture —
who were excluded from early labor laws to appease racist members of
Congress in the 1930s and 40s.

Under Biden’s plans, workers would be free to organize a union without
interference from employers and achieve union recognition with majority
sign-up so that bosses can't throw roadblock after roadblock in the way of
having to address workers' concerns.

Joe's plans would impose stiff penalties for employers who obstruct
workers from forming a union or refuse to bargain in good faith. And he
would end the "right to work" laws designed to weaken unions so bosses can
profit, while making all of us less safe.

Joe's plan also expands collective bargaining rights to all public
workers, and would protect and expand the right to strike for millions of
private sector workers. That includes restoring our right to secondary
boycotts that build solidarity and are critical so management can't
undercut us simply by redefining our work.

[ [link removed] ]As a union president, I’ll tell you: Biden’s plan would be a game
changer for workers. Can you please join me in supporting this Build Back
Better agenda? Click here.

My friend Elizabeth Warren said on CNN: “He doesn't just want to build the
old economy. He wants to build the next economy.”

I agree - just building back from this crisis is not enough. Today,
corporations cheat workers in industries as diverse as auto makers to the
gig economy to fast food franchises to aviation by misclassifying their
work—Biden’s plans would end that.

And his plans would explicitly protect immigrant workers from exploitation
by taking steps like banning workplace immigration raids and extending
protections for undocumented workers who report workplace violations.

These reforms are just a few of the ways Joe Biden’s Build Back Better
agenda will restore power to working people so we can act as a check on
corporate greed and capitalist exploitation.

Not only will it strengthen our economy and our families, it will
strengthen our democracy. I’ve seen firsthand how workers who experience
workplace democracy become more engaged in our civic process — that means
a stronger democracy for all of us.

[ [link removed] ]In short, Joe Biden’s plans would give us a fair playing field and a
chance to build power together as working people. It would help millions
of lives. Please support the Build Back Better agenda here.

I appreciate the work of the PCCC and its members for unions, workers, and
a progressive agenda. Keep it up! And thanks for being a bold progressive!

-- Sara Nelson, President, Association of Flight Attendants
([ [link removed] ]@FlyingWithSara)

 

 

 

 


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