拜登政府的一个有组织劳工工作组周一发布了一系列建议，这些建议可能会让联邦工人和承包商更容易成立工会。
提交给总统的报告乔·拜登包括70个不同的政策提案。根据去年4月的一项行政命令，拜登创建了由副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯担任主席、劳工部长马蒂·沃尔什担任副主席的特别工作组。
沃尔什说:“我们有能力让人们进来，就他们希望看到的加强工人权利的情况作证。”这是一份非常有力的、以工人为中心的文件。"
该报告认为，工会会员数十年来的下降与收入最高的10%人群的收入份额的上升同时发生。它还说，大多数美国人对工会有好感，如果有投票权，他们会加入工会。然而，劳工部上月报告称，2021年只有10.3%的工人加入工会，低于1983年的20.1%。
这份报告激起了许多商业团体的反弹，他们表示，工会罢工和停工可能会加剧供应链紧缩和高通胀等经济挑战。
“白宫特别工作组今天的报告只不过是支持工会的宣传，说明了支持工会的盟友在本届政府中是多么根深蒂固，”民主工作场所联盟主席克里斯汀·斯韦林根(Kristen Swearingen)说，该联盟由包括美国商会和美国卡车运输协会在内的500多个商业团体组成。
许多增加工会组织的提议是针对作为雇主的联邦政府的具体方向。内政部是四个机构之一，现在将允许工会组织者与雇员谈论联邦财产，这一规则适用于与政府签订合同的私营部门雇员。
交通运输部和商务部将为联邦拨款设定偏好和指导方针，以促进工会工作。
国防、卫生和公众服务部、劳工部以及管理和预算办公室将禁止联邦合同资金用于反工会活动。
其他建议包括努力提高工人对自身权利的认识，并执行现有的劳动法。工作队计划在六个月内提交一份后续报告，说明各机构如何执行这些政策，并提出新的建议。
Biden task force releases report to strengthen labor unions
A Biden administration task force on organized labor on Monday issued a set of recommendations that could make it easier for federal workers and contractors to unionize.
The report submitted to PresidentJoe Bidenincluded 70 distinct policy proposals, according to a release by the White House. Biden created the task force chaired by Vice President Kamala Harris, with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as vice chair, through an executive order last April.
“We had the ability for people to come in and give testimony on what they want to see in strengthening workers’ rights," Walsh said. “This is a very strong, worker-centered document.”
The report argues that a decadeslong drop in union membership has coincided with a rising share of income going to the top 10% of earners. It further says that most Americans have a favorable impression of unions and would join one if given the option in a vote. Yet the Labor Department reported last month that only 10.3% of workers belonged to a union in 2021, down from 20.1% in 1983.
The report has stirred a backlash from many business groups that say union strikes and work stoppages could worsen economic challenges such as the supply chain squeeze and high inflation.
“Today’s report from the White House task force is nothing more than pro-union propaganda and exemplifies how entrenched pro-union allies are in this administration," said Kristen Swearingen, chair of the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, which is composed of more than 500 business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Trucking Association.
Many of the proposals to increase unionization are specific directions focused on the federal government as an employer. The Interior Department is among four agencies that will now let union organizers talk with employees on federal property, a rule that applies to private-sector employees on contract with the government.
The departments of Transportation and Commerce will set preferences and guidelines for federal grants to foster union jobs.
There will be a ban on federal contract dollars going to anti-union activities by the Defense, Health and Human Services and Labor departments as well as the Office of Management and Budget.
Other proposals include efforts to improve workers' awareness of their rights and to enforce existing labor laws. The task force plans to submit a follow-up report in six months to describe how agencies are implementing the policies and to issue new recommendations.
