but here he was the storied president of the afl, cio which people know is the large umbrella federation of many unions in the united states representing 12 million workers in. so many industries. but while ben was working with the afl, cio he saw what you chronicled. so in your book just factory after factory closing as they moved operations either south or down to abroad and that broke. that broke band when he came back to portland, maine, his hometown, he spent a year really just grappl america and determined to prove that capitalism and labor could unite, could work together and be a force of good and rebuild community that he had seen in the places industry had left y create good jobs and create amazing products and so so he created this com so. whitney and waxman together built this company american roots that creates all american sourced apparel. right? right. it was it's it's just extraordinary this how much this company is like a unicorn. right. it's they they invited a union in right. or they they wanted to be union made everything sauce, every thread every button sourced from

but here he was the storied president of the afl, cio, which is which many people know is the large umbrella federation of many unions in the united states representing 12 million workers in. so many industries. but while ben was working with the afl, cio he saw what you chronicled. so in your book just factory after factory closing as they moved operations, either south or down to mexico or even further abroad and that broke. that broke and when he came back to portland, maine, his hometown, he spent a year really just grappling what he had witnessed in america and determined to prove that capitalism and labor uld unite, could work together and be a force of good and rebuild community that he had seen in the places industry had leftcreate amazing products ando so he created this company so. whitney and waxman together built this company american roots that creates all american sourced apparel. right? right. it was it's it's just extraordinary this how much this company isike a unicorn. right. it's they they invited a union in, right. or they they wanted to be union made everything sauce, ev

fred made history as the first black man to hold the position of secretary-treasurer of the afl-cio.rship, the afl-cio has made great strides, afge please give a warm welcome, an afge welcome, to my friend, my brother, the secretary-treasurer, fred redmond. [applause] >> afge is in the house. first of all, i want to thank my brother everett kelley for his leadership. everett is the inspiration of working families everywhere. there's no better advocate for federal workers and it is an honor to call you my brother. thank you, brother. good afternoon, siblings brothers and sisters. ,we are all gathered here today, we got folks from different unions and different walks of life to support federal employees. that's what we are here for. we are here to call on congress to do what is fair. we are not here to ask them to do us any favors. we are not here to ask them to be kind. we are here to ask them to do their jobs and do what is fair. that's all. and we make that ask. we hold our heads up high. we can stick our chest out and make that ask because union members love this country. federal e

afl-cio. they aren't owned by the border order. what is a conservative says harder society. your i. i don't didn't something i'm going to turn to milton now are you saying that and that you would advocate the repeal minimum wage legislation of course you would of course i would. but well bill brady bill brady, i should like to understand lyn why they want to restrict i minimum price to labor why don't you let me have minimum price on the products that we manufacture? we got here, as i understand it, to discuss your problems at the moment in of is there is there a is there a difference in the on a property of the people? i assume you're so anxious to have the free market system and to compete with each other and all the rest of it. we're talking about the needs of the workers and we're talking about the needs of the people who come into a society which isn't providing enough employment for them, which clearly doesn't seem to be able to provide enough employment for them. and what are we going t

afl-cio. they aren't owned by the border order. what is a conservative says harder society. your i. i don't didn't something i'm going to turn to milton now are you saying that and that you would advocate the repeal minimum wage legislation of course you would of course i would. but well bill brady bill brady, i should like to understand lyn why they want to restrict i minimum price to labor why don't you let me have minimum price on the products that we manufacture? we got here, as i understand it, to discuss your problems at the moment in of is there is there a is there a difference in the on a property of the people? i assume you're so anxious to have the free market system and to compete with each other and all the rest of it. we're talking about the needs of the workers and we're talking about the needs of the people who come into a society which isn't providing enough employment for them, which clearly doesn't seem to be able to provide enough employment for them. and what are we going t

afl-cio.er order. what is a conservative says i. i don't didn't something i'm going to turn to milton now are you saying that and that you would advocate theminimum wage f course you would of course i would. but well bill brady bill brady, i should like to understand lyn why they want to restrict i minimum price to labor why don't you let me have minimum price on the products that we manufacture? we got here, as i understand it, to discuss your problems at the moment in of is there is there a is there a difference in the on a property of the people? i assume you're so anxious to have the free market system and to compete with each other and all the rest of it. we're talking about the needs of the workers and we're talking about the needs of the people who come into av society which isn't providing enough employment for them, which clearly doesn't seem to be able to provide enough employment for them. and what are we going to do? and i think this notion that somehow if we just let every guy who

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a letter from the afl-cio in its opposition to h.r. 6276. dated march 12.dated march 11 there the farewell workers alliance, opposing h.r. 6276. and a letter dated march 8 from the american federation of government employees, opposing h.r. 6276. if i can enter those with unanimous consent i would appreciate that.'s request is covered under general leave. mr. larsen: with that, mr. chair, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. perry: mr. speaker, can i inquire to the time remaining. theminutes remaining. mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. i do want to respond to my good friend from washington. i didn't meato mischaracterize his assessment or his comments. however, the speaker before you did essentially make those claims. while i'm here i want to characterize what the public seeing if they are reading the "washington times." here's an article from wednesday, december 6, 2023, the idea to fill empty federal buildings with illegal immigrants where d.h. headquarters is 69%

fred made history as the first black man to hold the position of secretary-treasurer of the afl-cio.rship, afl-cio has made great strides, afge please give a warm welcome, an afge welcome, to my friend, my brother, the secretary-treasurer, fred redmond. [applause] >> afge is in the house. first of all, i want to thank my brother everett kelley for his leadership. everett is the inspiration of working families everywhere. there's no better advocate for federal workers and it is an honor to call you my brother. thank you, brother. good afternoon, siblings brothers and sisters. ,we are all gathered here today, we got folks from different unions and different walks of life to support federal employees. that's what we are here for. we are here to call on congress to do what is fair. we are not here to ask them to do us any favors. we are not here to ask them to be kind. we are here to ask them to do their jobs and do what is fair. that's all. and we make that ask. we hold our heads up high. we can stick our chest out and make that ask because union members love this country. federal emplo

the president of the afl-cio liz shuler called the measure "appalling," adding that it "violates long-held precedent established by the national labor relations act." and senator bernie sanders and congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez reintroduced the green new deal for public housing act this week to address the dual crises of climate change and unaffordable housing. this is aoc. >> green new deal for public housing would admittedly replenish the multibillion-dollar back out for public housing repairs, repealed the bear claws amendment, invest billions of dollars over 10 years to preserve, upgrade, and expand our public housing stop zero carbon emissions while creating 280,000 jobs in america. it would end the of government neglect and privatization of our public housing stock. it addresses unsustainable rent prices. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in israel to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu as the united states has introduced a

i read some of the the afl-cio, the sciu association of federal bar of new jersey asian pacific americanrnyers jersey capital area muslim bar association, muslim american jewish advisory council, muslim york new jersey muslim lawyers association, national lgbtq bar association, new jersey state bar association, south be asian bar association of new jersey south asian bar association of north america, former attorneys general, groups of new jerseys sheriffs hispanic law enforcement association, lgbt law enforcement association, the national coalition, noble of new jersey region one, the national association of black women in law enforcement, the association of lawyers and jurists, the american jewish committee, the anti-defamation league the alliance for jewish renewal, bend the arc jewish action jewish community action jewish democratic council of international, national council of jewish women, new york jewish agenda society for humanistic judaism, the torah, rabbinical call for human rights the workers circle zionist, the leadership council of civil and human rights the national women's law

at the georgia afl-cio office, to underscore that democrats and president biden is committed to expandingrue here, what's good for the middle class is good for everyone. the notion to give the rich more and it will trickle down has not poured out in our economic history from the 1980s. more people are doing better, we all do better. president biden is not antibusiness, democrats are not anti-business, what we are is very pro-middle-class, more people having more, the key to economic security and overall security for the country. this is what the president needs to be doing at the state of the union and the final stretch. neil: you don't want to bite the hand that feeds you. got to be a better way of handling that. we will see what the president outlines next week. appreciate that. they developed in the ev push that will finally help sell more evs. this idea of finding common ground on charging stations. just happened after this. whatever they may be. all that planning has paid off. looks like you can make this work. we can make this work. and the feeling of confidence that comes from our

a letter from the afl-cio in its opposition to h.r. 6276. dated march 12. a letter dated march 11 there the farewell workers alliance, opposing h.r. 6276. and a letter dated march 8 from the american federation of government employees opposing h.r. 6276. if i can enter those with unanimous consent i wouldt. the chair: the gentleman's request is covered under general leave. mr. larsen: with that, mr. chair, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. perry: mr. speaker can i inquire to the time remaining. the chair: the gentleman has 20 minutes remaining. mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. i do want to respond to my good friend from washington. i didn't mean to mischaracterize his assessment or his comments.ver, the speaker before you did essentially make those claims. i was answering to that. while i'm here i want to characterize what the public seeing if they are reading the "washington times." here's an article from wednesday, december 6 2023, the idea to fill empty fede

um, the afl-cio has built projects like, um, i forget which ones. the oz erickson, oz erickson, the electrical fund. yeah. yeah. that's right. and then the other, the other project on venice used the aflc. so they are specifically targeting affordable housing projects. so i'm going to send you all an email, um, and link you guys up. so hopefully we can find some common ground because if the money's there we can build this, build the projects. yes thank you for that, commissioner imperial. thank you, mr. adams, for the report. and the planning and also the mayor's office and also the committee leaders that participated. it is very extensive. um, report. um, it took me three days, three nights reading. it only took me two, but i blocked out some time. but i really appreciate the effort that has been done. um, i do have questions. regions. um, in terms of because there are in early of this year, there are recent legislation that pass in terms of, um, on the on the reduction of the fees in particularly the inclusionary fees. and i did not see that as pa

waters: the north american securities association. the consumer federation of american, afl-cio.on, center for american progress and main street alliance. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from missouri is recognized. mrs. wagner: i yield to my friend and colleague. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. >> this is a win for workers, mr. steil: it include two bills i introduced to help smaller public companies raise money. the first helping startups continue to grow act, expand the i.p.o. ramp first established in the bipartisan jobs act. it allows more early stage companies to keep their emerging growth company status for longer and would update the low caps currently in place. it ensures more companies righte disclosures and improve what comes with e.g.c. status. thanks to e.g.c. status they can focus on innovation and job creation rather than complying with a regulatory regime designed for larger, m mature firms. this is especially help in startups that work years to develop life-saving curious transformative technologies this. package also include my bill