WASHINGTON – Ahead of the holiday season, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) backed two bills to protect workers’ safety and right to organize. Tomorrow, Senator Gallego will join union Starbucks baristas at the picket line in Gilbert, Arizona in solidarity with their ongoing strike against Starbucks’ union busting and the company’s failure to finalize a first union contract with its employees.   The bipartisan Warehouse Worker Protection Act would protect nearly 2 million of our nations’ warehouse workers by banning hazardous work speed quotas that push workers beyond their limits and lead to high rates of injuries. “This holiday season, more than thirty thousand Arizona warehouse workers are working long

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 22 Senate colleagues urged Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to move forward with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) avian flu vaccine strategy for poultry while encouraging a comprehensive, science-based approach. Earlier this year, Hickman Family Farms, one of the largest egg producers in the country, lost nearly its entire chicken population in Arizona due to avian flu.   “We are writing to encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to continue prioritizing an avian flu vaccine strategy that takes into account a comprehensive, science-based approach for the potential vaccination of poultry and livestock that have been impacted

Legislation would create a permanent, national paid family and medical leave program WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) backed the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act to guarantee up to 12 weeks of partial income for workers who have to take leave for serious medical and family events. Paid medical and family leave is especially helpful for new parents and older Americans, who are more likely to have health issues or caregiving obligations for older relatives. “I was lucky to be able to take paternity leave when I had my kids, but for too many families, especially working-class families, paid family leave is simply not an