Executive Order shows commitment to ensuring Americans’ access to good, safe jobs, benefits
WASHINGTON – As part of its continued efforts to expand opportunities for all, the Biden-Harris administration has announced the “Investing in America and Investing in Americans” Executive Order to drive more federal dollars toward good-paying, safe jobs offering the right to organize and providing critical benefits like childcare.
President Biden made the announcement today in Michigan at a United Association union hall in Ann Arbor, joined by Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.
“A good job is a job with security and benefits, where workers have the right to join a union, advocate for better working conditions, come home safe and healthy, and retire with dignity,” said Acting Secretary Julie Su. “This Executive Order again shows how the Biden-Harris administration is growing our economy by creating jobs that help all workers to get ahead, not just get by.”
The order continues the progress of the administration’s Investing in America agenda that is creating good jobs through generational investments in infrastructure, clean energy and manufacturing projects funded by the American Rescue Plan, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act.
The Executive Order builds upon the work of the department’s Good Jobs Initiative, which provides resources and tools to maximize the creation of good jobs through federal investments. Through the work of the department and nine agency partners, around $240 billion in federal projects are more likely to pay better wages, hire people of color and offer family-sustaining benefits like childcare, healthcare and transportation.
In addition to directing action by Good Jobs Initiative partners — including the departments of Labor, Transportation, Energy, Commerce, Interior, Education and Homeland Security, and the General Services Administration and Environmental Protection Agency – the Executive Order includes key investments by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Using the administration’s whole-of-government approach, the order also creates a task force, chaired by Acting Secretary Su and White House National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard, to craft a long-term blueprint for federal investments that make good jobs a priority.
Learn more about the “Investing in America and Investing in Americans” Executive Order.
Learn more about the department’s Good Jobs initiative.
