'Republicans, Manchin, and Sinema, once again delivering body blows to working people on behalf of big business.' cmehta3
Economists and workers' rights advocates on Thursday condemned the latest setback for working people dealt by right-wing Democratic lawmakers, three of whom joined every Republican senator in opposing President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division after being aggressively lobbied by business interests.against allowing Dr.
the elimination of the filibuster in order to pass voting rights legislation and rejecting climate and anti-poverty provisions in the Build Back Better Act. "This is really infuriating," said Chirag Mehta of the grassroots group Community Change, accusing the senators of repeatedly"delivering body blows to working people on behalf of big business."had Manchin's supportDespite previously backing Weil, Manchin expressed late last year that he had doubts about the academic's nomination.
"The more accurately you diagnose the American economy, the less likely you are to be confirmed to a position with any control over it,"In the Wage and Hour Division, Weil would have overseen regulation and enforcement of overtime rules, minimum wages, and child labor laws, and could have advanced federal investigations into companies' classification of employees as independent contractors.
Right-wing groups including Americans for Tax Reform lobbied Manchin, Sinema, and Kelly after Weil was nominated last year, casting him as a"radical" and complaining of Weil's opposition to so-called"right to work" laws which strip unions of collective bargaining power.Kelly and Sinema, referring to the legislation which would protect workers' right to organize their workplaces.
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