Sitting L-R: Unit Treasurer Lourdes Rivera (Culinary), Liwayway Jimenez (Housekeeping), Adeline Castillo (Housekeeping).

At the start of this year, President Joe Biden entered the second year of his presidency. After running a campaign that emphasized his pro-labor leanings and solidarity for the working class, he has made consistent efforts on behalf of strengthening unions. When he took office in January 2021, the unemployment rate was 6.4% (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Near the end of his first year in December, it had dropped to 3.9%.