• Increase the federal minimum wage to $15/hour, and index it to future inflation.
• Expand union membership.
• Establish federal protections against the firing of workers for any reason other than “just cause.”
• Provide unions the ability to organize through a majority sign up process, and enact “first contract” provisions to ensure companies cannot prevent a union from forming by denying a first contract.
• Deny federal contracts to companies that pay poverty wages, outsource jobs overseas, engage in union busting, deny good benefits, and pay CEOs outrageous compensation packages.
• Eliminate “Right to Work for Less” laws, and guarantee the right to unionize for workers historically excluded from labor protections, like farm workers and domestic workers.
• Enact a federal jobs guarantee, to ensure that everyone is guaranteed a stable job that pays a living wage.
• Create millions of jobs as part of the Green New Deal, rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure and creating a 100% sustainable energy system.
• Create millions of healthcare jobs to support our seniors and people with disabilities in their homes and communities.
• Create new jobs in early childhood education.
