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21 Jan 2022

Author:
Maegan Vazquez, CNN

USA: Labour department announces initiative to improve job quality and job access

"Biden administration takes new steps to address job quality amid record-setting resignations," 21 Jan. 2022

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh announced a new federal roadmap to improve job quality and job access ... as Americans continue to leave the workforce in record numbers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The program, called the Good Jobs Initiative, was unveiled by Walsh ... at the US Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington. The initiative, led by the Labor Department, will establish a broad framework across the federal government to inform workers of their rights -- including their right to collectively bargain, engage employers in improving jobs to retain workers and deploy federal agencies to bolster the plan.

"We are going to work across federal agencies to build job quality into all our contracting and grant making. That means not just minimum wage -- but prevailing wages, paid leave, registered apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeships, that open up opportunities for women and people of color and underserved communities all across this great country," Walsh said during his speech at the meeting.