Vice Pres. Harris traveled to Philadelphia to highlight the administration's new push to raise wage standards for construction workers performing federally funded jobs.
Vice President Kamala Harris makes remarks highlighting the Biden-Harris administration's investments in infrastructure, and announces a major initiative for workers, Aug. 8, 2023; at the Finishing Trades Institute Glazier Local Union 252 in Philadelphia, Pa.traveled to Philadelphia Tuesday to highlight the administration's new rule to raise wage standards for construction workers performing federally funded jobs as part of the broader "Bidenomics" push.
"But here's the problem. Those standards have not been updated for 40 years. And as a result, many workers are paid much less than they deserve, much less than the value of their work. And not just by little, in some cases by thousands of dollars a year. And that is wrong, obviously, and completely unacceptable in the Biden-Harris administration," Harris said.
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