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APRIL 2, 2021
White House Daily Briefing
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was joined by Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to discuss the March jobs report. Secretary Walsh said the job numbers indicate the economic recovery is building momentum but there is still a long way to go. He and the press secretary advocated for the American Jobs Plan saying it could create 19 million jobs over the next decade.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was joined by Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to discuss the March jobs report. Secretary Walsh said the job numbers indicate the economic recovery is building momentum but there is still a long way to go. He and the press secretary advocated for the American Jobs Plan saying it could create 19 million jobs over the next decade.
Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Addresses Public as Labor Secretary
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said during a White House press briefing that employers added more than 900,000 jobs in March and spoke in favor of raising the federal minimum wage. click for video
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said during a White House press briefing that employers added more than 900,000 jobs in March and spoke in favor of raising the federal minimum wage. click for video
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh calls jobs report 'encouraging' but says there's 'a lot of work to do'
'Good paying jobs for the future'
Apr. 3 - ...For his part, Walsh is touting President Joe Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan unveiled Wednesday as a tool to boost the labor market, particularly for communities of color who have faced a higher jobless rate than whites.
That plan, which will largely be funded by boosting the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%, proposes a host of measures to not only fix the nation's crumbling infrastructure but to also invest in so-called human infrastructure. That includes higher pay for crucial but low-paid workers like home health care workers.
Walsh hopes the plan gets people in the U.S. "back into the workforce, and create real opportunities that are good paying good jobs for the future," he said.
In his interview with Yahoo Finance on Friday, Walsh also commented on a union vote underway at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama. "I think everyone, everyone in this country should have the right to join a union if they feel they want to join a union, and everybody who has an opportunity to take a vote on that should have that right to take a vote vote," he said.
Walsh, who served as Democratic mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021, is the former head of the Boston Building Trades Council, making him the first union leader to serve in the position in nearly 45 years. He stands in stark contrast to his predecessor, former Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, a longtime corporate lawyer whom the New Yorker described as "a wrecking ball aimed at workers"... quoted from
'Good paying jobs for the future'
Apr. 3 - ...For his part, Walsh is touting President Joe Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan unveiled Wednesday as a tool to boost the labor market, particularly for communities of color who have faced a higher jobless rate than whites.
That plan, which will largely be funded by boosting the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%, proposes a host of measures to not only fix the nation's crumbling infrastructure but to also invest in so-called human infrastructure. That includes higher pay for crucial but low-paid workers like home health care workers.
Walsh hopes the plan gets people in the U.S. "back into the workforce, and create real opportunities that are good paying good jobs for the future," he said.
In his interview with Yahoo Finance on Friday, Walsh also commented on a union vote underway at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama. "I think everyone, everyone in this country should have the right to join a union if they feel they want to join a union, and everybody who has an opportunity to take a vote on that should have that right to take a vote vote," he said.
Walsh, who served as Democratic mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021, is the former head of the Boston Building Trades Council, making him the first union leader to serve in the position in nearly 45 years. He stands in stark contrast to his predecessor, former Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, a longtime corporate lawyer whom the New Yorker described as "a wrecking ball aimed at workers"... quoted from
APRIL 2, 2021
U.S. Capitol Police Briefing on Capitol Hill Vehicle Incident
Acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman and Acting Washington, DC Police Chief Robert Contee briefed the press on an incident on Capitol Hill in which a vehicle struck two U.S. Capitol police officers before slamming into a barricade. Chief Pittman announced, “with a heavy heart,” that one of the police officers succumbed to his injuries. The suspect was also pronounced dead on the scene.
U.S. Capitol Police Briefing on Capitol Hill Vehicle Incident
Acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman and Acting Washington, DC Police Chief Robert Contee briefed the press on an incident on Capitol Hill in which a vehicle struck two U.S. Capitol police officers before slamming into a barricade. Chief Pittman announced, “with a heavy heart,” that one of the police officers succumbed to his injuries. The suspect was also pronounced dead on the scene.
APRIL 2, 2021
U.S. Capitol Security Incident
C-SPAN showed video coverage outside the U.S. Capitol, where an individual drove a car into a security barrier, killing one U.S. Capitol Police officer and injuring another. The suspect was identified as Noah Green, who was killed in the attack.
U.S. Capitol Security Incident
C-SPAN showed video coverage outside the U.S. Capitol, where an individual drove a car into a security barrier, killing one U.S. Capitol Police officer and injuring another. The suspect was identified as Noah Green, who was killed in the attack.
