WORKER'S RIGHTS AND FAIR WAGES
America runs on the backs and calluses of working people — not CEOs, not shareholders. Yet for decades, workers’ rights have been chipped away while corporate profits soared. A fair day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay, safe conditions, and a voice at the table. It’s time to rebuild the dignity of work in America.
THE PROBLEM
Wages have barely risen in 40 years, while productivity and profits have skyrocketed.
Union-busting campaigns and weak labor laws leave workers powerless to negotiate fair conditions.
Gig workers and contractors are excluded from basic benefits and protections.
Many essential workers — nurses, farmhands, teachers, food service — still live below the poverty line.
Companies reward shareholders for cutting hours, not for treating employees decently.
A nation that calls its people “essential” should treat them as such — every day, not just during emergencies.
OUR PLAN - RESTORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE WHO WORK
We will make sure the American Dream once again belongs to those who do the work:
Raise the Federal Minimum Wage — Tie it to cost of living and inflation so no one working full-time lives in poverty.
Protect the Right to Organize — Pass a national pro-worker labor law that bans union retaliation and guarantees card check recognition.
Extend Benefits to Gig and Contract Workers — Portable benefits including health insurance, retirement, and unemployment coverage that move with the worker, not the job.
Overtime & Scheduling Fairness — Guarantee paid overtime for all hourly and salary workers under a fair threshold.
Strengthen OSHA & Workplace Safety — Real penalties for companies that gamble with workers’ lives.
Paid Family & Sick Leave — Universal paid leave for all workers — no exceptions, no unpaid loopholes.
End Wage Theft — Automatic double damages for employers who fail to pay legally earned wages.
WHY IT MATTERS
When workers have rights, families thrive, businesses grow, and communities stabilize. Protecting labor isn’t radical — it’s how the middle class was built. America was never great because of greed — it was great because people worked hard, and that work meant something.
“You can’t lift a nation by keeping its workers down.”