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Maggie Hassan on Jobs
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Restore and improve the state's minimum wage
The Governor will keep fighting to restore and improve the state's minimum wage: expanding opportunity and helping our economy by putting more money in the pockets of hard-working Granite Staters of all ages.
Governor Hassan signed into law the New Hampshire Paycheck Fairness Act to ensure women receive equal pay for an equal day's work.
Source: Vote-USA.org on 2014 New Hampshire Gubernatorial incumbents
, Oct 30, 2014
Keep collective bargaining; oppose right-to-work laws
Maggie understands that workers are the backbone of our economy. In the Senate, she recognized the needs of our working families, by increasing the minimum wage, supporting collective bargaining rights, and creating programs like New Hampshire
Working to keep workers and businesses going during tough economic times.Maggie opposes any effort to repeal collective bargaining and so-called right to work legislation.
Source: N.H. Governor 2012 campaign website, maggiehassan.com
, Nov 6, 2012
Bring one well-regulated, high-end casino to NH
Maggie supports bringing one well-regulated, high-end casino to the Granite State because it could help our state create jobs, capture revenue that would otherwise be spent in other states, and help New Hampshire fund education and other essential state
services. She believes that New Hampshire can develop a casino plan that will protect our brand as a family friendly state with a great outdoor economy.Given that Massachusetts is planning to build several casinos, Maggie believes that
New Hampshire should move forward with its own plan to maintain revenue. In order to ensure that New Hampshire taxpayers get the best deal possible,
Maggie Hassan believes that any gaming license should only be awarded through a competitive bidding process.
Source: N.H. Governor 2012 campaign website, maggiehassan.com
, Nov 6, 2012
Sponsored bill for strengthening union organizing.
Hassan co-sponsored PRO Act
H.R.842 & S.420: Protecting the Right to Organize Act: This bill expands various labor protections related to employees' rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace:
- revises the definitions of employee, supervisor, and employer to broaden the scope of individuals covered by the fair labor standards;
- permits labor organizations to encourage participation of union members in strikes initiated by employees represented by a different labor organization (i.e., secondary strikes); and
- prohibits employers from bringing claims against unions that conduct such secondary strikes.
The bill also allows collective bargaining agreements to require all employees represented by the bargaining unit to contribute fees to the labor organization for the cost of such representation.Biden Administration in SUPPORT: The Administration strongly supports The PRO Act. America was not built by Wall Street. It was built by the middle class,
and unions built the middle class. Unions put power in the hands of workers. H.R. 842 would strengthen and protect workers' right to form a union by assessing penalties on employers who violate workers' right to organize.
Rep. Mo Brooks in OPPOSITION: H.R. 842 [is] a radical union bill that tramples the rights of citizens by forcing them to enter into union servitude, including:
- Overturns right-to-work laws in 27 states, thereby forcing citizens, against their will, to pay millions of dollars in dues to labor unions.
- Denies citizens' rights to vote by secret ballot on whether to join a union by imposing a biased "card-check" scheme.
- Deprives individuals of entrepreneurial opportunities. The PRO Act would eliminate the franchise industry and sharing economy as we know them.
Legislative Outcome:Passed House 222-204-4 (Rollcall 82) on 03/09/2021; received and read in the Senate on 3/23; no further Senate action during 2021.
Source: H.R.842/S.420 21-HR842 on Feb 4, 2021
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