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Haley Stevens on Jobs
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Unions are essential to strengthening the middle class
She serves as co-chair of the Future of Work Task Force. "Our economy needs a strong middle class to thrive. Unions are essential to strengthening America's middle class and improving the lives of workers & their families," Haley said, and she recently
cosponsored the Protecting the Right to Organize Act. "When workers have the power to stand together and form a union, they have higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions. I am proud to stand with my brothers and sisters in labor."
Source: EMILY's List 2022 Congressional endorsements
, Jul 25, 2021
Encourage wage growth through equal access to opportunity
I support increasing the minimum wage and encouraging larger businesses to support the $15 minimum wage. In an age when corporate executives make up to 300 times more than the average worker,
we need to encourage wage growth through equal access to opportunity, where every child can live up to their full potential to succeed.
I support collective bargaining rights and value the service labor unions provide to our workers. I am a staunch supporter of the Davis-Bacon Act (1931) that established a prevailing wage for public works, and I have been an outspoken critic of
Lansing's attempt to repeal Michigan's prevailing wage law on the state level. I believe in a 21st century labor movement that protects workers, supports training programs, and pays a livable wage.
Source: 2018 MI11 House campaign website HaleyStevensForCongress.com
, Apr 26, 2020
We must end the gender pay gap
We must end the gender pay gap. Nationally, women are paid 80 cents for every $1 a man is paid. In Michigan, women make only 78 cents to every $1 for men. The numbers are even worse for women of color. According to a National Partnership for
Women & Families study, black women in Michigan make 63 cents for every $1 a man is paid, and Latina women make only 58 cents. This is unacceptable. In Congress, I will be a strong advocate for equal pay for women.
Source: 2018 MI11 House campaign website HaleyStevensForCongress.com
, Apr 26, 2020
Protect prevailing wage; support $15 federal minimum wage
Key messages: Stevens campaigned on a $15 federal minimum wage and said she has been a critic of attempts to repeal Michigan's prevailing wage law on the state level. Stevens cited her experience on the
Auto Task Force as "economic development experience that will bring industry and government leaders together to produce outcomes for our district."
Source: Ballotpedia 2018 Congress MI11 Key Message election analysis
, Oct 9, 2018
Sponsored bill for strengthening union organizing.
Stevens co-sponsored PRO Act
H.R.842 & S.420: Protecting the Right to Organize Act: This bill expands various labor protections related to employees' rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace:
- revises the definitions of employee, supervisor, and employer to broaden the scope of individuals covered by the fair labor standards;
- permits labor organizations to encourage participation of union members in strikes initiated by employees represented by a different labor organization (i.e., secondary strikes); and
- prohibits employers from bringing claims against unions that conduct such secondary strikes.
The bill also allows collective bargaining agreements to require all employees represented by the bargaining unit to contribute fees to the labor organization for the cost of such representation.Biden Administration in SUPPORT: The Administration strongly supports The PRO Act. America was not built by Wall Street. It was built by the middle class,
and unions built the middle class. Unions put power in the hands of workers. H.R. 842 would strengthen and protect workers' right to form a union by assessing penalties on employers who violate workers' right to organize.
Rep. Mo Brooks in OPPOSITION: H.R. 842 [is] a radical union bill that tramples the rights of citizens by forcing them to enter into union servitude, including:
- Overturns right-to-work laws in 27 states, thereby forcing citizens, against their will, to pay millions of dollars in dues to labor unions.
- Denies citizens' rights to vote by secret ballot on whether to join a union by imposing a biased "card-check" scheme.
- Deprives individuals of entrepreneurial opportunities. The PRO Act would eliminate the franchise industry and sharing economy as we know them.
Legislative Outcome:Passed House 222-204-4 (Rollcall 82) on 03/09/2021; received and read in the Senate on 3/23; no further Senate action during 2021.
Source: H.R.842/S.420 21-HR842 on Feb 4, 2021
Page last updated: Jan 30, 2022