Posts tagged infrastructure package

    News Article ● Unions

    Biden in Portland: ‘Union workers are the best’

    May 6, 2022 // After the hangar event, Biden attended a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the Portland Yacht Club, where he spoke for about 30 minutes before returning to the airport to depart for Seattle.

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    News Article ● Labor

    Biden endures up-and-down first year on labor issues

    January 18, 2022 // The administration’s decision to weaken COVID-19 isolation guidelines and rescind the emergency temporary standard for health care worker protections puts Biden in rare disagreement with labor unions.

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