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 before a US District Court.

The following can be attributed to CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen:

“California’s proposed regulation violates employers’ property rights and forces union representation on workers. It conflicts with the National Labor Relations Act, and it puts California’s workplace safety inspectors in the middle of labor disputes, which they do not have the training or the required expertise to handle. Moreover, litigation is still pending against the federal OSHA standard. Cal/OSHA would be wise to withdraw this proposed rule or, at the very least, wait for the litigation to be resolved before burdening California’s employers with a regulation based on an unsettled legal foundation.”