Labor Day 2026: U.S. Rep. Norcross on Worker Power and Zhavoronkova on TradesFutures

Congressional Labor Caucus co-founder Don Norcross discusses the Faster Labor Contracts Act discharge petition, the Public Officials with a Union Label initiative that placed 100-plus union members in public office across four New Jersey counties, Reagan’s PATCO firing as the turning point in modern labor history and why labor creates all wealth. TradesFutures Executive Director Marina Zhavoronkova discusses the organization’s 200-plus free apprenticeship readiness programs across 32 states, data center construction driving union job demand and what BLS AI exposure categories show about building trades occupations ranking among the lowest in relative AI exposure of all currently classified jobs.