Workforce Protections

Miami, Fla. – This week, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (FL-24) voted to pass the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, which seeks to strengthen access to workers’ compensation benefits for federal firefighters, including those in District 24 who have become injured or ill on the job. “Federal firefighters risk their lives, exposing themselves to… Read more »

Washingtonn, DC – Following the Biden Administration's first ever interagency convening on economic growth, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kiran Ahuja hosted a virtual roundtable to bring leaders together to discuss ways to reinvent the federal workforce through the lens of equity and make the federal government the model… Read more »

Today Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson proudly voted for the passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act, which strengthens and closes loopholes in the 1963 Equal Pay Act, including providing effective remedies for workers who are not being paid equal pay for equal work. "House Democrats have passed this landmark legislation three times, but due to Republican opposition, it failed in the… Read more »

Congresswoman Wilson issued the following statement on the passage of the Protecting Workers' Right to Organize Act:"Tonight, the U.S. House of Representatives once again passed the Protecting Workers' Right to Organize Act. I am proud to have been an original lead sponsor of this landmark legislation each time it has passed and hopeful that it will soon pass in the Senate."During my… Read more »

Democrats in Florida Delegation Calling AHCA to Make Sure Long-Term Care Facility Staff Have PPEFlorida Daily / August 12, 2020U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., led nine Democrats in the Florida delegation on a letter to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), raising concerns about the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) for long-term care facility staff.… Read more »

Soto seeks worker rewardsFlorida Politics / April 21, 2020Although most of the country has been shut down by stay-at-home orders, there are still essential workers risking their safety working on the front lines to ensure Americans are still receiving health care, essential supplies and services. Rep. Darren Soto of Kissimmee and a few delegation colleagues believe these workers deserve… Read more »

Miami, FL – Today, Congresswoman Wilson and 11 members of Florida's congressional delegation sent a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis urging immediate action to address Florida's inadequate unemployment benefits system and the flaws in its online unemployment insurance application process."We recognize that you submitted a request for a major disaster declaration to the President in… Read more »

Miami, FL – This week, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, joined by several members of Florida's congressional delegation, led a letter to congressional leadership expressing support for the cruise industry and the hundreds of thousands of American workers it employs.The coronavirus pandemic has severely impacted this industry and forced cruise lines to temporarily suspend operations.… 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 »