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Like many immigrant children in Chicago, I learned at a young age that unions are a powerful tool to help women, Latino and Black workers fight discrimination. Both my parents were proud Teamsters and I was still a teenager when I joined the Retail Workers Union before becoming a Teamster and a member of the United Legal Workers Union.
I am a strong supporter of workers' rights and labor protections. I cosponsored the PRO Act, a bill to protect the basic right to form a union by ensuring workers are free to organize without employer interference.
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Join Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García for a Virtual Town Hall where the Congressman will provide a congressional update and discuss the recent executive orders by the Trump administration.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
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On Monday, Congressional Labor Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Caucus members Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL) led 133 Members of Congress in Congress in calling on Amazon to respect its employees’ rights and requesting information from the company about its anti-union activities.
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CHICAGO - Letter carriers and their supporters rallied to demand improved safety measures during a statewide day of action.
Eight organizations joined forces to prioritize the protection of postal workers, who have faced increasing dangers on the job.
Union leaders report that over the past two years, more than 140 letter carriers have been attacked in Chicago alone.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives honoring the work of Univision anchor Jorge Ramos:
WASHINGTON– On Tuesday, U.S. Representative Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04), U.S Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) led ten of their Illinois colleagues in writing to Amazon demanding the company refrain from union-busting as delivery drivers in Skokie, Illinois seek to unionize.
WASHINGTON, DC — Last night, Representative Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, led a letter joined by 121 Members of Congress urging House Democratic leadership to reject any changes to the pilot retirement age in a final version of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today Representative Jesús “Chuy” Garcia (IL-04) was joined by representatives from American families of mixed citizenship status and labor, business, and community leaders to unveil a letter, co-led by Reps. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Lou Correa (CA-46), urging the Biden administration to expand access to work permits for all, including long term-immigrants.
WASHINGTON, DC — Last week, Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) and his colleagues led a bicameral letter urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC — La semana pasada, el Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) y sus colegas encabezaron una carta bicameral instando al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) y al Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de los Estados Unidos (USCIS, por sus siglas en inglés) a alargar el actual período de extensión automática para los permisos de trabajo de los inmigrantes (documentos de autorización de empleo, conocidos en inglés como “EAD”) de 180 días a al menos 540 días.