Jobs, Labor, & the Economy

United States Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, announced several critical victories and urgent investments today that she secured on behalf of Washington’s Seventh Congressional District in this year’s appropriations bills, which passed the House of…

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Mark Pocan (WI-02) are demanding relief for frontline workers facing retaliation for organizing for safer working conditions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  In a letter signed by…

WITH WIDE-RANGING SUPPORT, JAYAPAL INTRODUCES PAYCHECK RECOVERY ACT TO KEEP WORKERS IN THEIR JOBS, STOP MASS UNEMPLOYMENT AND DELIVER DIRECT RELIEF TO BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES Estimated to benefit more than 36 million workers and widely supported by 93 members…

JAYAPAL TO VOTE NO ON HEROES ACT AS LEGISLATION FAILS TO PROTECT THE PAYCHECKS OF WORKERS, GUARANTEE FAMILIES AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, PROVIDE SUFFICIENT RELIEF TO ALL BUSINESSES AND SAFEGUARD PENSIONS OF WORKING PEOPLE [SEATTLE, WA] — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal…

Jayapal also wrote last week to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to raise concerns about numerous news reports of issues faced by Amazon workers making low and moderate wages. [SEATTLE, WA] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), a member of the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee,…

[SEATTLE, WA] – Today, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) wrote to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to raise concerns about numerous news reports of issues faced by Amazon workers making low and moderate wages. In her letter, Jayapal pressed Amazon—which is headquartered in Washington’s Seventh…