On April 15, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and 44 employer organizations sent a letter to Congress urging they support the Start Applying Labor Transparency (SALT) Act.

The following can be attributed to CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen:

“Salting is an inherently deceptive practice that relies on misleading workers. Salts are hired by unions to seek employment with a company. They infiltrate the workplace, destabilize labor relations, and then push workers to unionize, all while never informing their colleagues that they are actually being paid by a union to persuade them. Employees should have a right to know the ‘coworker’ trying to persuade them to organize is being paid by the union.

“The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act requires employers to file reports when they pay a third party to speak directly to workers about unionization, but there’s no equal reporting for salts or the unions that pay them. The SALT Act would rectify this wrong and ensure workers have full transparency during union organizing drives. This is much-needed legislation, and we urge Congress to pass the SALT Act to protect workers, guarantee transparency, and ensure labor stability.”