Labor

Labor

• Jean has been a consistent coauthor of bills to increase the minimum wage.
• Jean consistently supports labor's position on prevailing wage, workers compensation and the right to organize.
• She bats 1.000 on the AFL-CIO scorecard.
• After a scandal that caused removal of the chair, Jean was selected by the Speaker of the House to take over as chair of the Labor Management Relations Committee. As chair, Jean engineered the passage of a bill allowing parents to take time off work to participate in parent-teacher conferences and other school activities.