His campaign says every worker deserves the freedom to organise without intimidation and that strong unions mean safer workplaces, fair pay and stronger communities. He describes himself as a card-carrying union member and an ironworker.
His campaign says the American dream does not require a four-year degree, and that he has made it his mission to expand workforce development and career and technical education. It states no position on union organising.
His campaign says he has made it his mission to expand workforce development and career and technical education opportunities. He has sponsored on the subject in both Congresses he has served: the American Workforce Act in the 118th and again in the 119th, the Career and Technical Education Advocacy Grant Program Act in the 118th, and the Foster Youth Workforce Opportunity Act in the 119th, which reached the Union Calendar. None became law. Congress.gov records forty-six sponsored items for him across the two Congresses and none of them has become law. Limit: Repeated sponsorship across two Congresses is evidence of the mission the claim describes. Sponsoring is not enacting, and none of these bills became law; a member's influence on a subject can also run through committee work and amendments, which a sponsorship record does not show.