Earlier this week, flanked by lawmakers at a Capitol Hill press
conference, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka highlighted a report laying out an ambitious workforce
policy agenda. The 42-page document, entitled "The Future of
Work, Wages, and Labor: Policy & Recommendations," sets
forth a laundry list of labor and employment priorities.
Some recommendations enjoy broad bipartisan support. For
example, certain suggestions address the benefits and challenges
technological advances and the increased use of automated
intelligence will create for the workforce.1
Other agenda items are far more controversial. If there is a
change in control of the U.S. House of Representatives, which
pundits speculate is increasingly a distinct possibility, this
agenda will likely receive a favorable reception, including
potential congressional hearings before the House's Education
and Workforce Committee, and possibly even consideration on the
House Floor. Under these proposals, employers
