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This Week's Top News 4/30/21

1. BIDEN INTRODUCES AMERICAN FAMILIES PLAN

On Wednesday, the President announced the American Families Plan. This plan consists of about $1.8 trillion dollars of aid and tax credits to Americans on topics ranging from community college access, to the Child Tax Credit and Paid Family Medical Leave. The President plans to increase individual taxes to the Bush-era levels for the anyone making over $400,000 per year while keeping taxes level for those who make less. For more details and additional information, read the full fact sheet here.

NECA’s Look Ahead: This plan is the Administration’s wish list and has not been placed in legislation yet, leaving many questions unanswered—particularly regarding the tax implications. NECA will monitor what legislation comes out of this plan and advocate on behalf of the industry and NECA contractors to ensure our needs are met.

2. WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE ON WORKER ORGANIZING AND EMPOWERMENT

On Monday, the President signed an Executive Order creating the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment. This Task Force’s primary focus will be to promote federal government policies, programs, and practices that empower workers to organize and bargain. Vice President Harris has been appointed Chairwoman of the Task Force with Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as Vice Chairman. The rest of the task force will be made up of cabinet members and agency heads. Read the full press release here.

NECA’s Look Ahead: NECA will be monitoring this the Task Force’s actions and are looking forward to being a resource for the White House on this issue.

Spotlight: The NECAPAC Capital Challenge

We are excited to announce the rollout of a new NECAPAC competition for 2021: The Capitol Competition! Chapters will compete to raise the most funds for NECAPAC. Each Chapter will be placed in one of four groups based on chapter size and NECAPAC goal. Throughout the year, we will be spotlighting the Chapters that are ahead in each group in the newsletter and during NECA National Events.

The four different groups are: the Dirksen Group, the Russell Group, the Longworth Group, and the Rayburn Group. Check out our new webpage for weekly updates on the top three chapters in each group and additional information! You can see what group your chapter falls under here.

Be sure to scroll down to see the new section of our newsletter with updates on the Capitol Competition!