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Quick Fix

MONEY, HONEY: Lawmakers will advance the House’s version of legislation outlining fiscal 2022 spending for the Labor Department this week.

The bill, released Sunday, would provide a total of $14.7 billion in discretionary funds to the agency, an increase of $2.2 billion above the fiscal 2021 enacted level and $400 million above President Joe Biden’s budget request. Some highlights:

Workforce training: The initial draft would set aside $11.6 billion for the Employment and Training Administration, an increase of $1.6 billion above the FY 2021 enacted level. That includes $3.1 billion for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grants (a bump of $250 million from last year) and $285 million for registered apprenticeships (a bump of $100 million), among other things.

Jobless benefits: The bill would match the president’s budget request and provide $3.1 billion for unemployment insurance, an increase of $559.4 million from last year. It’d also send states $155 million to help address spikes in unemployment claims.

Worker safety: The bill would set aside $2.1 billion for worker protection agencies, an increase of $305 million above last year. That includes $300 million for the Wage and Hour Division (a $54 million bump) and $692 million for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (a $100 million bump).

Mark your calendars: The House Appropriations labor subcommittee marks up the measure today at 11 a.m. Democrats want to clear spending bills fully by the end of the month.

Looking ahead: Government cash runs dry on Sept. 30. Facing an already jam-packed schedule, Congress will most likely default to passing a continuing resolution before then to buy them more time and avert a government shutdown.

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DRIVING THE WEEK

BIDEN GIVES TRUST-BUSTING A TRY: Biden signed an executive order Friday that takes aim at massively dominant U.S. companies “in the most ambitious effort in generations to reduce the stranglehold of monopolies and concentrated markets in major industries,” our Leah Nylen reports.

The order “also includes elements designed to lower the price of prescription drugs, protect consumers' privacy and increase scrutiny of abusive business tactics in the tech industry,” she writes. “It also offers a response to progressives’ criticisms that the federal government has focused too much on supporting banks and other corporations without concern about the effect on consumers.”

WE LOVE A GOOD TASK FORCE: DOJ is putting together an internal task force to help implement Biden’s order, our John Hendel and Leah report.

A memo from Richard Powers, the acting chief of the DOJ’s antitrust division, suggested DOJ could work with DOL to “help effectively implement whistleblower protections in the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act, including by offering antitrust training, guidance on the antitrust laws, and technical assistance to relevant Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials," John and Leah write.

On the Hill

INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL’S FINAL STRETCH: July and August will render a decisive verdict on Democrats’ so-called two-track strategy, passing Biden’s jobs and families infrastructure plans via one bill “with GOP support focusing on physical infrastructure” and another to enact a “partisan spending plan centered on fighting climate change, increasing child care and raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy,” our Burgess Everett and Sarah Ferris report.

“Work on both items is nearing a climax, with senators in both parties drafting that centrist bill for a July Senate vote and the Senate’s 50 Democrats haggling over how big to go in their own party-line endeavor.”

FIRST IN SHIFT: ProsperUS, a coalition of more than 80 progressive advocacy groups, launches a six-figure ad buy today across print, digital and cable urging lawmakers to go big or go home on infrastructure.

“Ultimately, we hope to create a narrative shift in Washington from 'how do we pay for that?' to 'we can't afford not to,’” a spokesperson said in an email.

SEIU RALLIES FOR CARE WORKERS: The Service Employees International Union will lead a march from the Capitol to Freedom Plaza Tuesday in a bid for lawmakers to clear Biden’s proposed $400 billion investment in care workers. Workers in 20 other cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles, will also participate.

“The plan will tackle the dual crisis of access to care and shortage of good jobs that’s holding our entire economy back,” SEIU President Mary Kay Henry said. “It’s also the first-ever jobs program aimed at providing career paths and good, union, living-wage jobs for a majority-women-of-color workforce.”

CHURNING ‘EM OUT: The Senate labor committee will vote Thursday morning on whether to advance three more of Biden’s DOL nominees to the chamber floor.

On the agenda: Lawmakers will consider Biden’s nominations of David Weil to be administrator of the Wage and Hour Division and of Gwynne Wilcox and David Prouty to be members of the National Labor Relations Board.

Don’t get your hopes up: Just because the panel is considering them doesn’t mean they’ll be confirmed anytime soon. Lawmakers have yet to clear Biden’s choice for deputy Labor secretary, Julie Su, whose nomination was approved back in April. Adding to the backlog, the NLRB only has one vacancy (the next won’t open up until the end of August).

FIRST IN SHIFT: The employer-backed Coalition for a Democratic Workplace will disseminate a report today that found that the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which would make it easier for workers to unionize, would also reduce take-home pay for 61 million Americans who currently don’t have to pay union dues.

If the bill passes, state right-to-work laws — which allow workers in unionized workplaces to opt out of paying dues, even if they benefit from a union contract — would be preempted, and those workers would need to begin paying dues, the report, conducted by the anti-union Institute for the American Worker, found.

Around the Agencies

NGA WEIGHS IN ON FEDERAL WORKFORCE: The co-chairs of the National Governors Association Community Renewal Task Force sent a letter to the top Republicans and Democrats on the Senate and House labor committees Friday with recommendations for how the federal workforce development system should be overhauled.

Context: Last week, a group of governors led a conversation with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh during the NGA’s summer meeting, which covered many of the same topics.

In the Workplace

TO MANDATE OR NOT TO MANDATE: Most Democrats support requiring employees and students to be vaccinated before they return to work or the classroom, while Republicans generally oppose the government or most employers infringing on their individual choice, a new POLITICO-Harvard survey found.

“Biden administration officials, desperate to turn around the country’s rapidly declining vaccination rates, are barnstorming the country pleading with people to take the shot,” our Dan Goldberg reports. “But even as the more transmissible Delta variant is raising alarms, the administration has resisted a more aggressive approach, reiterating this week that it has no plans to ask schools, states or employers to require the vaccine.”

DANGEROUS DUO: Soaring housing prices and correspondingly high inflation could derail the economic recovery, our Victoria Guida reports.

“Since shelter makes up about one-third of a key inflation measure, that could undermine the Fed’s message that recent price spikes, which have showed up in everything from airline tickets to ride shares, will slow,” she writes. “A gradual buildup beginning later this year could spook markets and feed calls for the Fed to push borrowing costs higher, a move that could choke off economic growth as Democrats fight to hold onto control of Congress.”

What We're Reading

— “Burnout, racism and extra diversity-related work: Black women in academia share their experiences,” from POLITICO

— “3 'mismatches' that explain the labor shortage,” from Insider

— “‘This is a real job’: Philly’s restaurant workers dissect the labor shortage, and contemplate a different future,” from The Philadelphia Inquirer

— “Opinion: Will the labor market’s Great Reset change things for workers over the long term?” from The Washington Post

— “What McDonald’s minimum wage raise says about fast-food franchise future,” from CNBC

— “Retail workers in unions reap higher wages even as U.S. organizers suffer setbacks,” from Reuters

— “6 Months Inside One Of America’s Most Dangerous Industries,” from The Atlantic

— “Opinion: Employers Must Resist Remote Work’s Allure,” from The Wall Street Journal

THAT’S ALL FOR MORNING SHIFT!

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