On April 20, a discharge petition was filed on the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which would allow the bill to bypass the committee and go straight to the floor for a vote. The FLCA would allow federal government-appointed arbitrators to set the terms of first contracts between unions and companies if the parties do not […]

On April 7, CDW submitted a supplement to our previous petition for rulemaking urging the NLRB to rescind its Cemex decision and restore the pre-Cemex framework for union-representation procedures. Our supplement highlights a proceeding currently before the NLRB, Amazon.com Services LLC, in which sworn testimony raises serious questions about whether union authorization cards were forged, illustrating precisely the dangers that Cemex creates. The following can be attributed […]

On April 1, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and dozens of other employer organizations filed comments on the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s proposed rule allowing unions access to employer facilities. California’s regulation mimics the worker walkaround regulation pursued by the Biden-era Occupational Safety and Health Administration, on which CDW filed an amicus brief in litigation […]

On March 12, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and several other employer organizations filed a petition for rulemaking with the NLRB urging the Board to issue a rule rescinding its Cemex decision and restoring the pre-Cemex framework for union-representation procedures. The following can be attributed to CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen: “The Cemex decision was contrary to the NLRA, Supreme Court precedent, […]