{"id":620532,"date":"2023-03-22T02:49:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T07:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/22\/afl-cios-department-for-professional-employees-sets-legislative-agenda\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T02:49:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T07:49:26","slug":"afl-cios-department-for-professional-employees-sets-legislative-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/22\/afl-cios-department-for-professional-employees-sets-legislative-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL-CIO\u2019s Department For Professional Employees Sets Legislative Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1235306400\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<header>\n<nav data-dropdown>\n<\/nav>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<figure data-toaster-activate-trigger>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-603028642.jpg?w=681&#038;h=383&#038;crop=1\" alt><\/p>\n<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>U.S. Capitol building<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/department-for-professional-employees\/\" id=\"auto-tag_department-for-professional-employees\" data-tag=\"department-for-professional-employees\">Department for Professional Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/afl-cio\/\" id=\"auto-tag_afl-cio\" data-tag=\"afl-cio\">AFL-CIO<\/a>, with which a dozen entertainment industry unions are affiliated, has set its policy agenda for the 118th <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/congress\/\" id=\"auto-tag_congress\" data-tag=\"congress\">Congress<\/a>, centered on creating diverse talent pipelines, incentivizing diversity in hiring and strengthening creative professionals\u2019 workplace rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnion professionals in the arts, entertainment, and media industries remain committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion,\u201d said DPE President Jennifer Dorning. \u201cThe updated DEI policy agenda for the 118th Congress allows union creative professionals to continue building off gains made in collective bargaining that provide for more inclusive, representative industries.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h4>\n\t\tRelated Story\t<\/h4>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/03\/ben-savage-boy-meets-world-congress-1235283803\/\"><\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tBen Savage Says &#8216;Boy Meets World&#8217; Clip Shows He&#8217;s &#8220;Always Been Passionate About Politics&#8221; As &#8216;GMA3&#8217; Runs His 1990s Sitcom Character&#8217;s Speech\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tDorning told Deadline, however, that achieving those goals in this Congress \u2013 with a majority of Republicans in the House and a slim majority of Democrats in the Senate \u2013 will be no easy task.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?w=300\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=660,370 660w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=250,140 250w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=296,166 296w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=248,139 248w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=200,112 200w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=270,152 270w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=60,34 60w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=352,198 352w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=110,62 110w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=285,160 285w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Department-For-Professional-Employees-logo-featured.jpg?resize=800,450 800w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"199\" width=\"355\" decoding ><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite>Department For Professional Employees<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s definitely going to be a challenge. We see that,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we see this as a long-term investment on our part, and our affiliates to create systematic change. So we don\u2019t expect to get everything that we want right away. We\u2019re definitely in it for the long haul, and we\u2019re going to working a lot to try to make change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPassing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act is DPE\u2019s top priority, though it remains a legislative long shot. Recently reintroduced in Congress, \u201cIt\u2019s the labor movement\u2019s No. 1 priority, and we\u2019re going to keep pushing for passage,\u201d Michael Wasser, the DPE\u2019s legislative director, told Deadline. \u201cI think we\u2019re all realistic about the dynamics in this Congress, but that doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re going to stop trying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Pro Act would greatly expand various labor protections related to employees\u2019 rights to organize and collectively bargain. Among other things, it would allow collective bargaining agreements to require all employees represented by the bargaining unit to contribute fees to the labor organization for the cost of such representation, notwithstanding any state law to the contrary; expand unfair labor practices to include prohibitions against replacement of, or discrimination against, workers who participate in strikes, and make it an unfair labor practice to require or coerce employees to attend employer meetings designed to discourage union membership.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBut passing the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act might be the most doable in this Congress, Dorning said. \u201cWe thought we were going to get it in the last Congress, and there\u2019s a lot of bipartisan support for that bill. So we are optimistic that we will be able to get that through the 118th Congress,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIt would restore tax breaks for work-related expenses by updating the Qualified Performing Artist deduction and modernizing a provision that has been on the books since it was signed into law in the 1980s by President Ronald Reagan. The provision would allow middle-class entertainment workers to deduct common business expenses again.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tOther legislation on DPE\u2019s policy agenda include the passage of the American Music Fairness Act and the Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act, reforming Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and creating federal tax incentives that would encourage more inclusive hiring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe arts, entertainment, and media industries are becoming more diverse and inclusive thanks to the efforts of union professionals at the bargaining table and in the halls of power,\u201d Dorning said. \u201cHowever, we realize this work is not finished, which is why we remain committed to pushing for smart policy solutions that will help continue to move the creative industries forward and allow creative professionals of historically marginalized communities to realize the full value of their skills and talents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The unions that support the DPE\u2019s diversity, equity and inclusion policy agenda include:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tActors\u2019 Equity Association<br \/>American Federation of Musicians<br \/>American Guild of Musical Artists<br \/>American Guild of Variety Artists<br \/>Directors Guild of America<br \/>Guild of Italian American Actors<br \/>IATSE<br \/>International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers<br \/>Office and Professional Employees International Union<br \/>SAG-AFTRA<br \/>Stage Directors and Choreographers Society<br \/>WGA East<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-toaster data-toaster-wrap tabindex=\"0\">\n<header>\n<h2 id>\n<p>\t\tMust Read Stories<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/header><\/div>\n<p>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.deadline.com\/signup\">Deadline Breaking News Alerts<\/a> and keep your inbox happy.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 id=\"article-read-more-about\">\n<p>\tRead More About:<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<nav data-dropdown>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/03\/department-for-professional-employees-legislative-agenda-congress-1235306400\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n David Robb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Capitol building The Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO, with which a dozen entertainment industry unions are affiliated, has set its policy agenda for the 118th Congress, centered on creating diverse talent pipelines, incentivizing diversity in hiring and strengthening creative professionals\u2019 workplace rights.\u201cUnion professionals in the arts, entertainment, and media industries remain committed to diversity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":620533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92922,226,1798],"tags":[120590,5786],"class_list":{"0":"post-620532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl-cios","8":"category-department","9":"category-entertainment","10":"tag-afl-cios","11":"tag-department"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}