Alsobrooks pushes Labor Secretary nominee on collective bargaining agreements for federal workers WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, questioned Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the President’s nominee to lead the Department of Labor. Alsobrooks focused her questioning on collective bargaining rights for federal workers, the rule of law, and more. WATCH ALSOBROOKS’ QUESTIONING HERE 

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.), and a bipartisan group of 265 lawmakers wrote a letter to President Trump demanding he immediately reinstate National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Gwynne Wilcox. The lawmakers called on the president to restore the NLRB’s ability to protect the rights of American workers to organize and collectively bargain, which have already been impaired by understaffing at the agency and now are effectively lost by the lack of quorum on the NLRB. “We are writing to express our deep frustration at the unprecedented and illegal firing of National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) issued the following statement after news that the Trump Administration is directing federal agencies to fire probationary staff.  “This callous and cruel witch hunt isn’t about making government more efficient. It’s about enacting this President’s retribution on civil servants and the people they serve — the American people. It’s a disgraceful series of actions meant to upend American lives, cut American jobs, and destroy the American spirit that calls so many of us to serve in this way.”