为什么重要：该合同对于国会工作人员来说是一个里程碑：这是众议院工作人员于2022年获得加入工会权后国会山办公室中的第一份此类长期劳工协议。
Why it matters: The contract marks a milestone for congressional workers: It is the first long-term labor agreement of its kind in a Capitol Hill office after House staffers gained the right to unionize in 2022.
他们在说什么：被广泛认为是2028年民主党总统候选人提名的潜在候选人卡纳在周一早上的Instagram帖子中写道：“我为我的办公室签订了美国国会历史上第一份长期工会合同感到非常自豪。”
What they're saying: "I am extremely proud of my office forg the first long-term union contract in the history of the U.S. Congress," Khanna, who is widely considered a potential 2028 candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, wrote in a Monday morning Instagram post.
快速赶上：卡纳办公室于2022年投票决定成立工会，而拜登政府期间，其他国会办公室也在推动成立工会。
Catch up quick: Khanna's office voted to unionize in 2022, amid a wave of other congressional offices pushing to do the same during the Biden administration.
众议院于2022年批准了一项决议，赋予众议院工作人员集体谈判的权利。
The House approved a resolution in 2022 giving House staffers the right to collectively bargain.
该决议将组织保护扩大到9，000多名众议院工作人员。每个国会办公室都作为自己的谈判单位运作。
The resolution extended organizing protections to more than 9,000 House staffers. Each congressional office operates as its own bargaining unit.
支持者将成立工会视为遏制人员流动的机会，尽管它并没有具体保证员工有权就工资和福利进行谈判。
Supporters pitched unionization as an opportunity to curb turnover, although it did not specifically guarantee staffers the power to negotiate their salaries and benefits.
放大：据最先报道这一消息的Politico报道，卡纳工作人员批准的协议包括更高的工资下限，以及如果办公室预算津贴增加，重新谈判工资的程序。
Zoom in: The agreement ratified by Khanna's staffers reportedly includes a higher salary floor and a process to renegotiate salaries if the office's budget allowance increases, according to Politico, which first reported the news.
该协议还包括解决内部不满的机制，但没有提供有关该流程的更多细节。卡纳办公室发言人没有回应Axios的置评请求。
The agreement also includes a mechanism to resolve internal grievances, though no additional details about that process were provided. A spokesperson for Khanna's office didn't respond to Axios' request for comment.
闪回：前众议员安迪·莱文（Andy Levin）的工作人员于2022年批准了国会工作人员谈判的第一份合同。
Flashback: Former Rep. Andy Levin's (D-MI) staff ratified the first ever contract negotiated by congressional staff in 2022.
但自从莱文离开国会以来，他的合同只持续了几个月。当时，他表示，期限短是为了为其他办事处提供合同模板。
But since Levin was leaving Congress, his contract only lasted a few months. At the time, he said its short duration was intended to give other offices a template for a contract.
缩小范围：房屋工作人员长期以来一直抱怨工资低和工作时间繁重。2019年的一项调查发现，65%的人每周至少工作50小时，但仍在努力支付账单。
Zoom out: House staffers have long complained of low pay and punishing hours. One 2019 survey found 65% worked at least 50 hours a week while still struggling to pay their bills.
时任议长南希·佩洛西（加利福尼亚州民主党人）将2022年全职众议院工作人员的最低年薪设定为45，000美元。
Then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) set the minimum annual pay for full-time House staffers at $45,000 in 2022.
大多数国会议员的年收入为174，000美元。众议院议长的收入为223，500美元。参议院临时议长以及参众两院多数党和少数党领袖的收入为193，400美元。
Most members of Congress make $174,000 annually. The Speaker of the House makes $223,500. The president pro tempore of the Senate and the majority and minority leaders of the both chambers make $193,400.