,,iv  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #agj  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,febru>y #bg1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,evans ( ,p5nsylvania 7=      
himself1 ,ms4 ,b>ragn1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1  
,mr4 ,c>t] ( ,l\isiana1 ,ms4 ,cl>ke (   
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,davis ( ,ill9ois1 ,mr4
 ,ivey1 ,mr4 ,jackson ( ,ill9ois1 ,mr4  
,johnson ( ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mrs4
 ,ramirez1 ,ms4 ,s*ak[sky1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 
,mr4 ,veasey1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,lee 
( ,p5nsylvania1 ,ms4 ,bynum1 & ,mr4     
,c>son7 submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2   
:i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on         
,education & ,work=ce  ,,resolution     
,express+ support = ,am]icas ,black     
work]s & affirm+ ! ne$ to pass          
legislation to r$uce inequalities &     
discrim9ation 9 ! work=ce4  ,:]eas a    
competitive economy = ! ,unit$ ,/ates   
requires ! p>ticipation ( a robu/ ,black
 work=ce2 ,:]eas unju/ ,black labor1    
fir/ ?r\gh =c$ slave labor1 & lat] ?r\gh
 dang]\s1 und]comp5sat$1 & sometimes    
abusive employm5t1 has be5 ess5tial to !

 hi/oric success ( ! ,am]ican economy2  
,:]eas ! ,black unemploym5t rate is     
consi/5tly high] ?an ! ov]all ,unit$    
,/ates unemploym5t rate1 ) ! ,black     
unemploym5t rate at ! "t ( ?is          
resolution's introduction be+ #c        
p]c5tage po9ts high] ?an ov]all         
unemploym5t2 ,:]eas full-"t ,black      
work]s' m$ian weekly e>n+s hi/orically  
lag beh9d ! total av]age m$ian weekly   
e>n+s1 & z ( #bjbc1 ,black work]s take  
home only #hg p]c5t ( av]age full-"t    
work]s' m$ian weekly e>n+s2 ,:]eas      
graduation f high s*ool & high]         
education in/itutions are directly      
correlat$ ) high] incomes & /rong] job  
security1 & ,black ,am]icans lag 9      
completion ( high] education1 9 "p due  
to sy/emic racism )9 ,am]ica's s*ool    
sy/ems2 ,:]eas _m ,/ates cont9ue to h   
insuffici5t labor /&>ds1 l[ m9imum      
wages1 h>mful "r-to-"w laws1 inadequate 
unemploym5t sy/ems1 & a lack (          
,/ate-level protections aga9/           
discrim9ation1 all ( :i* hurt ,black    

work]s & families2 ,:]eas ,black work]s 
face a high] likelihood ( fatal &       
nonfatal injuries 9 ! workplace comp>$  
to injury rates = all work]s2 ,:]eas    
/udies %[ t a significant p]c5tage (    
,black work]s cont9ue to face           
discrim9ation or h>assm5t 9 ! workplace 
on acc\nt ( _! race or e?nicity1 result+
 9 decreas$ safety 9 ! workplace1 &     
disadvantages to economic mobility =    
,black work]s2 ,:]eas ,black work]s are 
m likely to be union memb]s ?an         
non-,black work]s1 & h long be5         
important p>ticipants 9 ! ,am]ican labor
 movem5t & ! fight = bett] conditions1 m
 j comp5sation1 & ! "r to organize2     
,:]eas ,black wom5 are                  
disproportionately affect$ by ! same    
issues t affect ,black m5 9 ! work=ce1  
includ+ mak+ only #fi c5ts = e doll>    
paid to ,:ite1 non-,hispanic m5 & hav+  
high] unemploym5t rates ?an ,black m52  
,:]eas exp&+ appr5tice%ips &            
preappr5tice%ips mu/ be "p ( any /rategy
 to build c>e]s = ,black y\?s1 z        

appr5tice & preappr5tice programs h     
prov5 to be a practical & effici5t me?od
 = high s*ool & college /ud5ts to       
improve p]sonal economic outlooks2 &    
,:]eas educational opportunities =      
,black y\?s %\ld encompass a broad range
 ( options to fit ! div]se ne$s ( "y p  
ent]+ ! work=ce1 includ+ mak+ vocational
 & trade s*ools1 te*nical colleges1     
high] education in/itutions1 community  
colleges1 job tra9+ programs1           
appr5tice%ips & preappr5tice%ips1 &     
"w-/udy programs m af=dable &           
accessible3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t ! ,h\se 
( ,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 supports ef=ts 
to r$uce inequalities fac+ ! ,black     
work=ce1 includ+ clos+ ! wage gap1 clos+
 ! unemploym5t gap1 & improv+ access to 
job tra9+ programs1 c>e] skills build+  
programs1 & educational opportunities2  
7#b7 supports ! "r ( e ,am]ican work]1  
reg>dless ( race or e?nicity1 to fair   
wages1 safe work+ conditions1 collective
 b>ga9+ & organiz+ rights1 & protection 
f discrim9ation2  7#c7 supports !       

passage ( legislation t w\ld improve    
labor conditions = ,black work]s1       
includ+-- 7,a7 ! ,protect+ ! ,"r to     
,organize 7,,pro7 ,act2  7,b7 !         
,national ,appr5tice%ip ,act2  7,c7 !   
,raise ! ,wage ,act2 &  7,d7 ! ,work=ce 
,innovation & ,opportunity ,act2 &  7#d7
 recognizes !-- 7,a7 hi/orical &        
contempor>y importance ( ! ,black       
work=ce to ,am]ican prosp]ity & national
 economic security2 &  7,b7 ne$ to      
improve economic opportunity = ,black   
work]s z necess>y = bo? individual      
well-be+ & ! well-be+ ( ! ,nation4