On June 23, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and 26 organizations sent a letter to the Senate HELP Committee urging they quickly confirm President Trump’s nominees to the National Labor Relations Board in order to ensure the Board can maintain its quorum and continue to function fully for the American workforce and regulated community […]

On June 22, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, US Chamber of Commerce, and several other employer organizations filed comments on the Department of Labor’s joint employer proposed rule. The comments urge the Department to adopt the Proposed Rule with some minor modifications that aim to enhance predictability and stability of the Rule’s application. The following statement can […]

On June 10, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace sent a letter to the Senate HELP Committee thanking them for holding a hearing on President Trump’s nominations to serve on the NLRB and urging them to quickly advance the nominees to a vote. The following can be attributed to CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen: “The Senate HELP Committee should […]

On June 9, the House of Representatives passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act. All Democrats and 20 Republicans supported the bill, which would give unprecedented authority to the federal government to interfere with labor-management relations in the private sector. The bill passed despite widespread concern about the implications of the bill, as evidenced by the […]