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Let's Dance

By Michael Whitney on March 5, 2009 6:10 PM

20090305email-biden.jpgLet's dance.

That's what Vice President Joe Biden told union members today in Florida. What's got the Vice President ready to tango?

The Employee Free Choice Act.

Can you please take a minute to thank Vice President Biden for his support of the Employee Free Choice Act? Click here to read what Joe Biden said and write your thank you note.

Here's a short sample of what the Vice President said:

So, folks, that's why there's no one thing we have to do. This is all going to be difficult, and one of the most difficult things will be to reinstitute that basic bargain. And I think the way to do that is the Employee Free Choice Act.

So let me add to that and say that I have a simple, basic belief, one that we're going to work hard to put into action: If a union is what you want, a union you're entitled to have.
Now that's change we can believe in.

Click here to read the rest of what Vice President Biden said and write your thank you note.

The Vice President wants to dance. So, let's dance.

Tags: biden, employee free choice act, joe biden, union members

Green Jobs: "Clear Path to a Stronger Middle Class and a Stronger American Economy"

By SEIU on February 27, 2009 1:29 PM

Change to Win Chair and SEIU International Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger, issued a statement today about the first meeting of the Middle Class Task Force today, chaired by Vice President Joe Biden, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

The world is facing a historic opportunity to rebuild our global economy through investments in sustainable projects that will create new jobs, reduce our dependence on oil and protect our planet after decades of mismanagement.

Today's meeting underscores this Administrations' commitment to making sure American businesses and American workers are leaders in the industry of the future as our parents and grandparents led in the industries of the past. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed earlier this month includes a significant investment for projects both big and small that will rebuild our country and create the high-paying jobs of tomorrow.

These jobs represent a clear path to a stronger middle class and a stronger American economy that will benefit everyone. Change to Win unions across the country welcome this opportunity to continue working with communities and employers to find green ways to do millions of jobs that strengthen the foundation of this country. Today is an important step forward for businesses, communities and workers to come together to create a greener and stronger America.

The emerging green economy has the potential to make the American Dream a reality for America's workers. Change to Win unions have been at the forefront in helping create a green pathway to prosperity for working families.

  • SEIU has committed to "bargaining green" across health care, public sector, and property service divisions, and the union's largest property service local has established an energy efficiency training program for building superintendents. The Nation recently highlighted the work SEIU 32BJ's Hector Norat, Superintendent of New York City's 1400 on Fifth for his work on the building's residential geothermal heating and cooling system, the largest in the country.
  • Change to Win unions, including the Carpenters, LIUNA, and Teamsters, are partnering with cutting edge developer Gerding Edlen to build sustainable communities and create sustainable jobs.
  • The Teamsters partnered with environmentalists to enact a landmark policy developed under Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's leadership to clean up toxic diesel emissions, improve working conditions for thousands of truck drivers, and pave the way for green growth in the nation's largest port complex.
  • The Laborers have launched an initiative with the City of Newark and community-based organization GANE to train local residents in energy-efficiency retrofitting, building the workforce that will be needed to implement home weatherization on a large scale as promised by President Obama and funded in the Recovery Act.
  • John Sarich, Resident Manager of New York City's William Beaver House and member of SEIU 32BJ, helped the management company and residents save money through significantly reducing their energy bills.

Tags: 32BJ, anna burger, bargaining green, Biden, change to win, climate crisis, energy efficiency, green building maintenance, green economy, green jobs, green unions, Middle Class Working Families Task Force, SEIU Local 32BJ

Quote of the Day: Joe Biden on the Middle Class

By Mike Link on January 30, 2009 11:10 AM

Vice-President Joe Biden, chair of the new Middle Class Working Families Task Force, in an interview yesterday with CNBC:

"I do believe--and I make no apologies for it--that over the last 100 years the middle class was built on the back of organized labor. Without their weight, heft and their insistence starting in the early 1900s we wouldn't have the middle class we have now, in my view. So I think labor getting a fair share of the pie is part of it."

Tags: Biden, middle class, Middle Class Working Families Task Force, organized labor, VP Joe Biden, working families

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