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- Unpacking Kamala Harris' record on federal workforce issues - July 22, 2024
By Sean Michael Newhouse and Eric Katz, Government Executive
If elected, Vice President Kamala Harris — the likely Democratic presidential nominee after Joe Biden on Sunday ended his reelection bid — would bring to the Oval Office significant experience in federal workforce issues and a history of advocating for employees and their labor groups.
As vice president, Harris led a White House task force that made recommendations for how agencies could reduce barriers for public and private sector workers to organize or join a union. In the year after agencies began implementing these recommendations, the number of federal employees who are dues paying members of a union increased by 20%.To read the full article, click here.