Labor Caucus (United States)
The Labor Caucus of the United States House of Representatives was founded in November 2020 with the aim of expanding labor union power in the United States. The caucus supports measures such as the Protecting the Right to Organize Act that would expand union participation and make forming unions easier.
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| Co-Chairs | Mark Pocan (WI) Donald Norcross (NJ) Steven Horsford (NV) Debbie Dingell (MI) |
| Founded | November 11, 2020[1][2][3] |
| Ideology | Laborism |
| Political position | Center-left to left-wing |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Colors | Blue |
| Seats in the House | 95 / 435
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| Of the Democratic Party Seats | 95 / 212
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| Website | |
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Membership
118th Congress
Congressional Labor Caucus in the 118th United States Congress
- Raúl Grijalva (AZ 3)
- Ruben Gallego (AZ 7)
- John Garamendi (CA 3)
- Mark DeSaulnier (CA 10)
- Eric Swalwell (CA 15)
- Ro Khanna (CA 17)
- Jimmy Panetta (CA 20)
- Salud Carbajal (CA 24)
- Julia Brownley (CA 26)
- Judy Chu (CA 27)
- Adam Schiff (CA 28)
- Brad Sherman (CA 32)
- Ted Lieu (CA 33)
- Jimmy Gomez (CA 34)
- Linda Sánchez (CA 38)
- Mark Takano (CA 41)
- Katie Porter (CA 45)
- Mike Levin (CA 49)
- Joe Neguse (CO 2)
- Jason Crow (CO 6)
- Yadira Caraveo (CO 8)
- Rosa DeLauro (CT 3)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE At-large)
- Darren Soto (FL 9)
- Maxwell Frost (FL 10)
- Lois Frankel (FL 21)
- Hank Johnson (GA 4)
- Nikema Williams (GA 5)
- Johnathan Jackson (IL 1)
- Chuy García (IL 4)
- Sean Casten (IL 6)
- Brad Schneider (IL 10)
- Nikki Budzinski (IL 13) – Vice-chair
- Eric Sorensen (IL 17)
- Frank J. Mrvan (IN 1)
- Andre Carson (IN 7)
- Morgan McGarvey (KY 3)
- David Trone (MD 6)
- Kweisi Mfume (MD 7)
- Jamie Raskin (MD 8)
- Jim McGovern (MA 2)
- Lori Trahan (MA 3)
- Stephen Lynch (MA 8) – Vice-chair
- Dan Kildee (MI 5)
- Debbie Dingell (MI 6) – Co-chair
- Elissa Slotkin (MI 7)
- Haley Stevens (MI 11)
- Rashida Tlaib (MI 12)
- Shri Thanedar (MI 13)
- Angie Craig (MN 2)
- Ilhan Omar (MN-5)
- Cori Bush (MO 1)
- Dina Titus (NV 1)
- Steven Horsford (NV 4) – Co-chair
- Donald Norcross (NJ 1) – Co-chair
- Andy Kim (NJ 3)
- Josh Gottheimer (NJ 5)
- Rob Menendez (NJ 8)
- Mikie Sherrill (NJ 11)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ 12)
- Melanie Stansbury (NM 1)
- Grace Meng (NY 6)
- Nydia Velázquez (NY 7)
- Yvette Clarke (NY 9)
- Dan Goldman (NY 10)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY 14)
- Ritchie Torres (NY 15)
- Jamaal Bowman (NY 16)
- Paul Tonko (NY 20)
- Joseph Morelle (NY 25)
- Brian Higgins (NY 26)
- Jeff Jackson (NC-10)
- Greg Landsman (OH 1)
- Marcy Kaptur (OH 9) – Vice-chair
- Shontel M. Brown (OH 11)
- Emilia Sykes (OH 13)
- Val Hoyle (OR 4)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (PA 5)
- Susan Wild (PA 7)
- Matt Cartwright (PA 8)
- Summer Lee (PA 12)
- Chris Deluzio (PA 17) – Vice-chair
- Seth Magaziner (RI 2)
- Al Green (TX 9)
- Veronica Escobar (TX 6)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (TX 18)
- Jasmine Crockett (TX 30)
- Colin Allred (TX 32)
- Greg Casar (TX 35)
- Lloyd Doggett (TX 37)
- Becca Balint (VT At-large)
- Bobby Scott (VA 3)
- Derek Kilmer (WA 6)
- Pramila Jayapal (WA 7)
- Mark Pocan (WI 2) – Co-chair
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-at large)
Former members
- Ann Kirkpatrick (D–Arizona; retired 2023)
- Juan Vargas (D–California)
- Alan Lowenthal (D–California; retired 2023)
- Jared Huffman (D–California)
- Barbara Lee (D–California)
- Tony Cárdenas (D–California)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (D–California; retired 2023)
- Ed Perlmutter (D–Colorado; retired 2023)
- John B. Larson (D–Connecticut)
- Joe Courtney (D–Connecticut)
- Jahana Hayes (D–Connecticut)
- Kathy Castor (D–Florida)
- Frederica Wilson (D–Florida)
- Cheri Bustos (D–Illinois; retired 2023)
- Marie Newman (D–California; defeated in primary in 2022)
- Jan Schakowsky (D–Illinois)
- Bill Foster (D–Illinois)
- Sharice Davids (D–Kansas)
- Chellie Pingree (D–Maine)
- Anthony Brown (D–Maryland; retired to run successfully to become attorney general of Maryland in 2022)
- Alma Adams (D–North Carolina)
- Jake Auchincloss (D–Massachusetts)
- Don Beyer (D–Virginia)
- Earl Blumenauer (D–Oregon)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D–Oregon)
- David Cicilline (D–Rhode Island; resigned in 2023 to become president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation)
- Katherine Clark (D–Massachusetts)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D–Missouri)
- Jim Cooper (D–Tennessee; retired in 2023)
- Madeleine Dean (D–Pennsylvania)
- Antonio Delgado (D–New York; retired to run successfully for lieutenant governor of New York in 2022)
- Mike Doyle (D–Pennsylvania; resigned in 2022)
- Adriano Espaillat (D–New York)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D–New Mexico)
- Mondaire Jones (D–New York; defeated in primary in 2022)
- Conor Lamb (D–Pennsylvania; retired to run successfully for US Senate in 2022)
- Brenda Lawrence (D–Michigan; retired in 2023)
- Andy Levin (D–Michigan; defeated in primary in 2022 to redistricting)
- Elaine Luria (D–Virginia; defeated in 2022)
- Tom Malinowski (D–New Jersey; defeated in 2022)
- Carolyn Maloney (D–New York; defeated in primary in 2022 to redistricting)
- Kathy Manning (D–North Carolina)
- Betty McCollum (D–Minnesota)
- Gwen Moore (D–Wisconsin)
- Frank Pallone (D–New Jersey)
- Bill Pascrell (D–New Jersey)
- Donald Payne Jr. (D–New Jersey)
- Tim Ryan (D–Ohio; retired to run successfully for US Senate in 2022)
- Albio Sires (D–New Jersey; retired to run successfully to become mayor of West New York in 2023)
- Adam Smith (D–Washington)
- Thomas Suozzi (D–New York; retired to run unsuccessfully for governor of New York in 2022)
References
- Pocan, Mark (25 November 2020). "Labor Caucus Announces New Co-Chairs".
- Corbett, Jessica (13 November 2020). "Longtime Union Members Pocan and Norcross Announce Labor Caucus to Advocate for Workers in Congress". Archived from the original on 2020-11-28.
- Day, Meagan (25 November 2020). "Congress Now Has a Labor Caucus". Jacobin.
External links
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