As Philly unions gathered to celebrate the holiday, President Biden stopped by to tour his economic plan, infrastructure investments and new labor policies.
that would increase the number of workers eligible for overtime by raising the minimum annual threshold“We’ve got a whole lot of people working as executive assistants working a hell of a lot more than 40 hours and not getting paid overtime,” Biden said. “Now you’re going to get paid overtime.
“We know that what happens in any individual classroom is closely connected to the political landscape,” Linardopoulos said. With regard to Biden’s visit, she said, “It is great that he’s here so that our members see firsthand that he respects them and respects the work that they do every day.”Workers in the trenches
“We’re definitely in need of much more solidarity this year as we’ve been 50-plus days on strike,” Izanec said. “So having the President here and having such union solidarity [at]Local WGA members, on strike since May, have been rallying alongside SAG-AFTRA. The Philadelphia WGA group is small, with between 20 and 25 members, said local strike captain Shuo Zhang, “but we’re standing strong and we show up to everything.
Many of the worker protections celebrated on Labor Day do not include domestic workers — a fact that Bauder noted in his remarks, telling them, “this is your day too.”
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