White House Task Force on Worker Organizing Will Be Instrumental in Helping More Professionals Unionize

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Katie Barrows
Communications Manager
P: 202-549-5991
kbarrows@dpeaflcio.org

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2021- On Monday, the Biden-Harris Administration created a White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment with the mission of empowering workers to organize and collectively bargain. The Department for Professional Employees (DPE) President Jennifer Dorning released the following statement on the establishment of the task force:

“We applaud President Biden’s commitment to worker organizing and the creation of strong unions. Union professionals have better pay, benefits, and working conditions because of the power they have in their workplaces. The White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment will play an important role in helping more professionals obtain workplace power and create high-quality careers. 

While over 6.3 million professionals are union members, we know that even more professionals would join a union in their workplace if they could. The task force along with the passage of the PRO Act are essential to addressing the obstacles associated with organizing a union and allowing more professionals to make a union in their workplace a reality.

DPE stands ready to work with the White House and the task force to help empower professionals to organize and bargain with their employers.”

About DPE

The Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE) is a coalition of 24 unions representing over four million professional and technical union members. DPE affiliate unions represent professionals in over 300 occupations in education and healthcare; science, engineering, and technology; legal, business, and management; media, entertainment, and the arts; and public administration.