Yesterday, the Assistant to the President and Director of the National Economic Council Lael Brainard, Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director for Management Jason Miller, Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, and Administrator of the General Services Administration Robin Carnahan were joined by the Commissioners from the Connecticut, Illinois, and New York Departments of…
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Statement from President Joe Biden on Project Labor Agreements Final Rule
We must do everything we can to build a better America. Today, my Administration is marking another major step that will benefit American workers, communities, the economy, and our government. For the first time in history, Project Labor Agreements will be required on federal construction projects valued at or above $35 million. This means that…
FACT SHEET: Days After Labor Day, Biden-Harris Administration Issues Executive Order to Promote Good Jobs Through Investing in America Agenda
“Wall Street did not build America; the middle class built America, and unions built the middle class.” – President Biden on Labor Day, 2024 Today, President Biden will travel to Michigan to sign a landmark Executive Order on Investing in America and Investing in American Workers (“Good Jobs EO”), which will help ensure that the…
Executive Order on Investing in America and Investing in American Workers
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. The Federal Government has made significant strides in implementing the Investing in America agenda, a historic set of recently enacted laws aimed at…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Historic Rules to Create Good-Paying, High-Quality Clean Energy Jobs
Inflation Reduction Act final rules build on Administration actions to develop a skilled, well-paid workforce to build the clean energy economy and combat the climate crisis Since day one, President Biden has committed to building a clean energy economy that creates good-paying and union jobs for American workers. Spurred by President Biden’s Investing in America…
Readout of Meeting with NABTU Tradeswomen on Opportunities for Women to Secure Good Jobs in Construction Trades
On Monday, National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard, Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden, and Investing in America Chief Economist Heather Boushey met with a group of union tradeswomen and North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) representatives. They discussed opportunities and challenges for women in the skilled construction trades and how the Biden-Harris Administration is working to…
Partnership for Workers’ Rights
Our Administrations reaffirm the central and critical role that working people play in achieving a sustainable, democratic, equitable, and peaceful world. Everyone benefits when workers and their trade unions are empowered to fight for better conditions in the workplace, fairness in the economy, and democracy in our societies. Putting workers’ interests at the heart of our economic policies grows the…
Statement from President Joe Biden on CHIPS and Science Act Final Award for Polar Semiconductor
Semiconductors – those tiny chips smaller than the tip of your finger – power everything from smartphones to cars to satellites and weapons systems. I signed the CHIPS and Science Act to revitalize American leadership in semiconductors, strengthen our supply chains, protect our national security, and advance American competitiveness. And over the last three and…
A Proclamation on Labor Day, 2024
Every year on Labor Day, we celebrate the dignity of America’s workers and the labor unions they have built. I often say that Wall Street did not build America — the middle class built America, and unions built the middle class. Labor unions have done so much for our Nation — giving workers…
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs to Drive Clean Manufacturing and Jobs
Investing in American Infrastructure and Manufacturing is a key part of Bidenomics and the President’s Investing in America agenda Today, President Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm are announcing seven regional clean hydrogen hubs that were selected to receive $7 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to accelerate the domestic market for low-cost, clean hydrogen.…
