Vice President Kamala Harris visiting Durham

Harris will receive a tour of the IBEW local 553 apprentice program at Durham Technical Community College on Wednesday morning. Following the tour, Harris will deliver remarks about the Biden's administrations "historic investment" into American workers.

A White House task force issued a set of recommendations on Monday that could make it easier for federal workers and contractors to unionize.

The report submitted to Biden included 70 distinct policy proposals, according to a release by the White House. Biden created the task force chaired by Vice President Kamala Harris, with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as vice chair, through an executive order last April.

“We had the ability for people to come in and give testimony on what they want to see in strengthening workers’ rights,” Walsh said. “This is a very strong, worker-centered document.”

The report argues that a decades-long drop in union membership has coincided with a rising share of income going to the top 10% of earners. It further says that most Americans have a favorable impression of unions and would join one if given the option in a vote. Yet the Labor Department reported last month that only 10.3% of workers belonged to a union in 2021, down from 20.1% in 1983.

No other details about Harris' visit were released to the public at this time.