Its mission is to tackle inequality in all of its forms. The future of Workers Program is aimed at looking at how we can ensure and support advocates on the front lines and business leaders eager to use their position to drive change. To reimagine work that empowers workers and compels players to take appropriate responsibility for worker conditions and living standards and urge lawmakers to enact effective policies to fill any gaps. Host i suppose you have been looking at the impacts of the pandemic, particularly on workers. What have you seen over the last year and a half . Whats the impression that your organization is getting about where workers are . Guest let me say, first of all, its clear to us that the pandemic has revealed really important issues for working people. Everything from the importance and need for a Care Infrastructure in our country and the need to address wages and better working conditions and the quality of jobs of it available for workers, to really address H
As well as the importance of every eligible american getting vaccinated, especially as the Delta Variant continues to grow among unvaccinated people across the country. By the end of the week, the u. S. Will be nearing 160 million people fully vaccinated. Which is critically important, that fully vaccinated people are protected against the Delta Variant. He stressed how the ministry shall continue its the administration shall continue its efforts to get americans vaccinated to make vaccines available and response hotspots. The president will outline five areas his team is focused on to get more americans vaccinated. One, targeted by Community Doortodoor Outreach to get remaining americans vaccinated to ensure they have the information they need on how both safe and accessible the vaccine is. Two, a renewed emphasis on getting the vaccines to more primary care doctors and physicians, something weve seen as a successful tactic with reaching groups with lower Vaccination Rates in the past
job cuts for the college s employees. senator alex ander joined senator tim scott to author s-2707, the protecting workplace advancement and opportunity act, which would prevent the department of labor from finalizing president obama s proposed rule. i strongly support these efforts to move forward with the bill and want to commend their work on this important issue. along with the small business administration s office of advocacy and members of congress from the house and senate, i have raised several concerns about the role and representation of small businesses throughout this rule making process. i storongly believe this proposl lacks adequate economic analysis and i was alarmed when the office of advocacy submitted comments that sharply criticized the mean in which the dol crafted the proposal. their comments stated that the dol s initial regulatory flexibility analysis was inaccurate and severely undercounted the number of small businesses that would be affectaffect ed
like labor, they may have to cut critical community services to reduce labor costs. this is really unacceptable, especially for rural and poor areas that rely on different services provided by nonprofits. after hearing from many concerned workers and business owners, i urged secretary perez to extend the public comment period to allow small business owners and employees the opportunity to examine the proposed rule and comment carefully. shortly afterward, the office of advocacy wrote a similar public comment letter requesting a 90-day extension of the comment period. unfortunately, all of these requests were denied by secretary perez. i have serious concerns with president obama s proposed changes to overtime regulations which will negatively impact the ability of small businesses and other organizations to operate effectively. while the rule is expected to become finalized within the next several weeks, it s crucial that the administration reconsider their one-size-fits-all
you re going to put pressure on the economy. when i look at the things that the government does, i see regulations that say the haze regulation is being implemented in the west. you can t see the difference in the haze in the air. you have to have a computer to measure it. but using that regulation, goal miners being sent make $60,000 a year. and they are going to then be on assistance level. do y all put out a fact sheet that says if you increase minimum wage, burger king is going to put kiosks in. so the poor people are never going to get into the labor market so the gap is going to increase because we have sent those jobs out of america that are on the low end of the scale that allow people to e get into the workforce. so i wonder if you all do that because if you are in charge, it seems like you d put out a fact sheet so people sitting on this side of the desk could actually have some idea of what effect policies would have. i guess the answer is no they don t put out a f