Wilson: Help cruise industryFlorida Politics / April 1, 2020The $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill spread around significant sums to individuals, state and local governments and businesses, both large and small. Among those not seeing relief is the cruise industry, something Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson would like to see rectified in future bills. During House negotiations on the… Read more »
Miami Yacht Show brings $480M to District 24The Miami Times / Penny Dickerson / February 19, 2020The Miami Yacht Show was held Feb. 13-17, and Congresswoman Frederica Wilson spearheaded legislation in Washington that moved the event into her presiding District 24. The annual display of lavish boats and extravagant exhibits debuted in 2019 at One Herald Plaza between the Sea Isle Marina… Read more »
Unions are engines of economic mobility that played an essential role in building the nation's middle class. In the past 40-plus years, however, union membership has decreased by 50 percent and workers are paying the price with stagnant wages and fewer workplace protections.On Tuesday, March 26, Congresswoman Wilson, who chairs the Education and Labor Committee's Health, Employment, Labor… Read more »
As the top Democrat on Education and Labor's Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson will on Thursday, March 7, drop the gavel at the first HELP hearing of the 116th Congress.Titled "The Cost of Inaction: Why Congress Must Address the Multiemployer Pension Crisis," the hearing will feature expert testimony on what's at stake if… Read more »
The House Education and Labor Committee on Wednesday, March 6, will markup the Raise the Wage Act, legislation that would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024. The six-step proposal will boost the bottom line for nearly 40 million hardworking Americans and their local economies.Although the United States is inarguably the richest nation in the world, there are millions… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson was elected to serve as chair of the Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Labor for the 116th Congress. The HELP Subcommittee has legislative and oversight jurisdiction over laws directly impacting American workers and businesses. "I am pleased to assume this important role on the… Read more »
In response to the news that a bid by Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties has put South Florida in the running to become the home of Amazon's HQ2, several members of Florida's congressional delegation have joined the effort to push South Florida to number one. The tri-county area is one of the top-20 finalists--chosen from among a group of 238 applicants. Winning could mean up to… Read more »
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement in response to the injunction placed on the Obama Administration’s Overtime Regulation:“On behalf of the millions of hardworking Americans who would have benefitted from the Obama administration’s regulation that would have raised the salary limit below which workers would automatically qualify for overtime… Read more »
Representatives Scott, Wilson, Maloney and Schakowsky Introduce Legislation to Update the Family and Medical Leave Act(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2016. Today, Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03), Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), introduced a legislative package to update the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to help workers balance work and… Read more »
Today the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing titled “Promoting Safe Workplaces Through Effective and Responsible Recordkeeping Standards” to examine OSHA’s recordkeeping and anti-retaliation rule issued by Department of Labor on May 12, 2016.Since January 1, 2015, OSHA has required employers to report within 24 hours any work-related amputations,… Read more »
