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 […]

Today, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) and 376 undersigned organizations sent a letter to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging them to oppose the Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408), which is being brought to the House floor via a discharge petition (H.Res. 1140). The FLCA would empower the federal government […]

On June 4, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) sent a letter to the House Education & Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions for its hearing, “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the NLRB.” Drawing on an analysis from LRI Consulting Services of 190,743 unfair labor practice charges filed from 2016 […]

On June 1, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) released a white paper on the perils of the Faster Labor Contracts Act, legislation pending a House floor vote via a Democrat-led discharge petition. CDW’s white paper, The Arbitration Trap: Why the Faster Labor Contracts Act Is Bad for Workers, Employers, and the American Economy, explains how […]

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 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, […]

On March 12, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) and several employer organizations submitted a petition for rulemaking asking the Board to issue a regulation on mandatory meetings in which employers discuss unionization with their employees. The following can be attributed to CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen: “The Board’s Amazon decision was a clear attempt to silence employers during […]

On March 9, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and several other employer organizations filed an amicus brief before the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in SEIU’s flawed lawsuit challenging the NLRB’s joint employer final rule. Our brief explains that the SEIU’s petition should be dismissed for the court’s lack of jurisdiction or denied […]

On March 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit issued its decision in Brown-Forman, striking down the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Cemex decision. The court ruled that the NLRB had overstepped its authority, finding that the Cemex standard “was not created as a means to resolve the parties’ dispute or undo the effects of the parties’ […]

On February 11, 2026, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, the Independent Work Coalition, American Bakers Association, American Hotel & Lodging Association, American Trucking Associations, Associated Builders and Contractors, Independent Bakers Association, International Franchise Association, International Warehouse Logistics Association, National Association of Manufacturers, National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, National Retail Federation, New Jersey–New York Foreign Freight […]

On January 23, CDW and several other employer organizations filed an amicus brief in a case before the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit challenging California’s recently enacted law prohibiting employers from discussing religious or political topics, including unionization, with their employees during mandatory meetings. The following statement can be attributed to CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen: […]

On December 4, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and 35 employer organizations sent a letter to Majority Leader Thune urging him to quickly schedule a floor vote for Scott Mayer, President Trump’s nominee to serve as a member of the National Labor Relations Board. The following can be attributed to CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen: “It is in […]

On November 10, Republicans from the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee announced a slate of labor reform bills aimed at improving the voice, choice, and rights of workers. The bills would amend labor laws, including the National Labor Relations Act and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, to revise labor organization […]

On November 6, the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s ruling in Home Depot, a case concerning political activity in the workplace to the detriment of professionalism and safety. The NLRB ruled that Home Depot violated the National Labor Relations Act by discharging an employee who refused to remove the letters “BLM” – […]

On October 7, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace sent a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee highlighting the business community’s position on various existing legislative labor reforms, including the: Save Local Business Act (H.R. 4366) Start Applying Labor Transparency (SALT) Act (H.R. 2952) Worker Enfranchisement Act (H.R. 2572) Faster […]

On October 2, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and 30 employer organizations sent a letter to the Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee urging their support for James Murphy and Scott Mayer to serve as Members of the National Labor Relations Board and Crystal Carey to serve as the Board’s […]

On October 1, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and 44 employer organizations sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging that they oppose the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which would impose mandatory arbitration on the private sector and allow the federal government to mandate terms of contracts between unions and companies. CDW previously […]