On October 28, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) and several other employer organizations filed an amicus brief with the National Labor Relations Board in Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, in which less than half of the employees in the bargaining unit voted in favor of union representation. The brief urges the Board to apply […]

On October 26, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), the National Retail Federation, and the Restaurant Law Center filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit supporting Starbucks Corporation’s petition for rehearing en banc in Starbucks Corp. v. NLRB. The brief urges the full court to make clear that an employer does […]

On September 10, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and 14 other employer organizations filed an amicus brief before the National Labor Relations Board, urging the Board to abandon its Biden-era Cemex precedent. The following statement can be attributed to CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen: “Secret ballot elections are the gold standard for determining whether workers want union representation, but the Cemex decision […]

On July 16, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and 53 employer organizations sent a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee in support of President Trump’s nominee to serve as Secretary of Labor, Keith Sonderling. The following can be attributed to CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen: “Acting Secretary Sonderling has a proven record of success […]