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Labor unions and workers鈥� deeper quest for respectAFL-CIO President Liz聽Shuler聽says she hears common themes from workers around the U.S.聽Those issues have implications beyond economics.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on debt relief and teacher shortagesFrom teacher shortages to student debt forgiveness, education in the U.S. is in the news. At a Monitor Breakfast, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona offered both critiques and solutions.聽
Union rebound? AFL-CIO鈥檚 Shuler sees promise, long road ahead.Labor unions are increasingly popular with the U.S. public and have a friend in the White House. The AFL-CIO president says they still have a battle ahead to boost their ranks.
Up early with Rick Scott, the GOP's Senate campaign chiefFlorida Sen. Rick Scott sat down with reporters at a Monitor Breakfast, where we talked Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, and how in America, 鈥榶ou can be anything.鈥�
The party of work? Sen. Rick Scott on GOP plans to retake Senate.Sen. Rick Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, responds at聽a Monitor Breakfast聽on big issues in this midterm election year.
鈥楽tiffen your spine鈥�: Breakfast with outgoing press secretary Jen PsakiContinuing a Monitor tradition, outgoing White House press secretary Jen Psaki stops by for breakfast and a few thoughts on what it鈥檚 like to be in politics at this moment.
鈥榃e are not ready to surrender鈥�: Coffee with Ukraine鈥檚 ambassador to USDuring a Monitor coffee with reporters Thursday, Ambassador Oksana Markarova addressed how Ukraine would define victory in the war.
鈥楢 battle of nerves鈥�: Georgia鈥檚 president on the Russian threatSalome Zourabichvili recently joined the Monitor to discuss the war in Ukraine and its implications for countries like hers.聽
Our breakfast with Biden鈥檚 top economic adviserBrian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, sat down with reporters at a Monitor Breakfast to聽discuss semiconductors, 聽sanctions, and more.
Biden adviser: Sanctions on Russia are working 鈥� and getting tougherAt a Monitor Breakfast with reporters, Biden economic adviser Brian Deese said Russia鈥檚 economy looks set to shrink 鈥渂y 10% to 15%鈥� as Western sanctions bite.
Amid deep US political division, pollsters see room for optimismAt a Monitor Zoom Breakfast, authors of Civility Poll report 58% of Americans are 鈥渙ptimistic about the future because young people are committed to making this country a better place to live for everyone.鈥�
Breakfast with RNC chief 鈥� and Trump ally 鈥� Ronna McDanielRonna McDaniel, the chair of the Republican National Committee, sat down with reporters at a Monitor Breakfast to聽discuss the party's future.聽
GOP chair: Under Trump, 鈥榳e鈥檝e become a working-class party鈥�The head of the Republican National Committee joined the Monitor Breakfast to talk about the former president, the 2022 elections, and more.
A breakfast table full of questions for Adam SchiffWhen Rep. Adam Schiff stepped into Washington鈥檚 St. Regis Hotel Thursday for a Monitor Breakfast, there was no shortage of topics on the table.
鈥業t鈥檚 about all future presidents.鈥� Schiff on protecting democracy.鈥淲e want to make sure that no president in the future of either party can flout the institutions of our democracy,鈥� Rep. Adam Schiff told a Monitor Breakfast Sept. 23.
A new day for Big Labor and the Monitor BreakfastLiz Shuler, the new president of the AFL-CIO 鈥� and its first female leader 鈥� appeared at the first in-person Monitor Breakfast in almost two years.
AFL-CIO chief: In pandemic, unions are a source of 鈥榯rusted information鈥�Liz Shuler, new president of America's largest labor federation, says the U.S. economic system is "broken" and that workers need a stronger voice.
Convenience or dystopia? Work-from-home blend is here to stay.Before the pandemic, 15% of U.S. workers did their jobs at home part or full time. By April, nearly half were exclusively at home, one study found.
Labor leader: Trump has 鈥榗hanged the rules, all right鈥�At a Monitor Breakfast on Zoom, AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka insisted the president has not helped the 鈥榳orking people鈥� who elected him four years ago.
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel made history at our breakfastThe聽Monitor Breakfast's first 'third generation' guest, Ronna (Romney) McDaniel was open about her conflict with 鈥楿ncle Mitt鈥櫬燼nd about being a woman and mother in politics.