Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports Union Leaders cheered - and corporate-backed Congressional Republicans slammed - three new Biden Administration decisions to help Workers and consumers.  With deadlines for announcing new Federal Rules looming, the U.S. Labor Department issued two: One orders investment managers for pension plans to put recipients, not themselves, as the top priority; The other raises to $58,656 annually on January 1st the amount of money a Worker can earn before becoming ineligible for overtime pay.  American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees President Lee Saunders said: “Expansion of the Federal Overtime Rule will help millions more Workers earn the pay they deserve.  Some Public Service Workers - including those in child welfare, mental health, and substance abuse counseling - have been ineligible for overtime pay despite modest wages and the long hours they put in at essential jobs.”  Not only that, but the Biden Administration announced, after a White House roundtable which included five Union Leaders, that public pension funds holding more than $1 trillion in assets, combined, will follow Pro-Worker rules, including company neutrality in Union Organizing Drives, when deciding where to invest their money.

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