Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, June 11, CDW submitted a letter to all members of the House of Representatives signed by 147 organizations from around the country opposing H.R. 2474, the so-called Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. As CDW’s Chair Kristen Swearingen explained, “H.R. 2474 attacks the gig economy and franchise business model, both of […]
Washington, D.C. – On May 8, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions will hold a hearing on the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. In response to the introduction of the legislation, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace released the following statement from Chair Kristen Swearingen: “The PRO […]
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, March 26, CDW submitted a letter to the House Education and the Labor Committee’s Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions regarding its hearing on ways to reform federal labor laws. CDW strongly urged the committee not to consider misguided policies of the Obama administration and instead focus on policies that will […]
Washington, D.C. – On February 11, CDW submitted its reply comments on the NLRB’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the joint-employer standard under the National Labor Relations Act. The reply comments reiterate CDW’s support for the Board’s proposed rule while countering unsupported claims made by opponents of the proposal. As Chair of CDW Kristen Swearingen explained, […]
Washington, D.C. – On January 28, nearly 90 organizations joined comments filed by the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) in response to the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) containing proposed changes to the joint-employer standard under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRB’s proposal adopts the long-accepted, practical requirement that the NLRB […]
Washington, DC – On October 22, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, along with eleven organizations representing employers from various industries across the country, submitted an amicus brief in UPS Ground Freight v NLRB. The case is the first challenge before a federal court of appeals to the Obama-era ambush elections rulemaking, which drastically shortened the […]
Washington, D.C. – On October 5, CDW and nine other employer organizations filed an amicus brief with the NLRB in Caesar’s Entertainment. The Board requested briefs from stakeholders on whether the agency should revisit in the Caesar’s case its 2014 Obama-era decision in Purple Communications, which allowed workers to use their employers’ email systems for organizing purposes. CDW’s brief calls […]
Washington, D.C. – On August 28, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), along with several other associations, submitted an amicus letter to the National Labor Relations Board in support of McDonald’s USA’s opposition to the Service Employees International Union’s Motion to Recuse Chairman John Ring and Member William Emanuel from their case. As CDW […]
Today, the Washington Examiner published an op-ed from Coalition for a Democratic Workplace chair Kristen Swearingen York titled “Stealing workers’ secret ballots: A ‘card-check’ sequel that’s worse than the original,” which reads: Summer is the season for bad sequels. This time, it’s a handful of U.S. lawmakers — led by Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and […]
The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) launched a multi-prong educational campaign to push back against the so-called “Workplace Democracy Act”—an unwise, unfair, anti-democratic bill that revives the failed “card check” scheme to eliminate secret ballot elections
June 13, 2018 // Washington, D.C. // Today, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and 16 leading associations filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a rulemaking to remedy the confusion caused by a previous Board’s radical changes to the “joint employer” standard. The controversial 2015 NLRB Browning Ferris Industries, or BFI […]
Washington, D.C. – On April 18, over 70 companies, organizations, and trade associations joined comments filed by the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace in response to the National Labor Relations Board’s Request for Information about stakeholders experiences with the 2014 changes to the agency’s election procedures. The changes unnecessarily shortened the election timeframes, depriving employees […]
Washington, D.C. – On April 11, the Senate confirmed John Ring to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Ring was a partner at the law firm of Morgan Lewis & Bockius and co-leader of the firm’s Labor/Management Relations Practice. Ring was nominated on January 12, and, with his confirmation, will reinstate a Republican majority on the […]
Washington, D.C. – On February 26, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an order vacating its 2017 decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors, putting the Board’s previous decision in Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) back in place. BFI drastically expanded the joint employer standard under the National Labor Relations Act and threatened every contractual relationship nationwide. CDW is taking a […]
Washington, D.C. – On January 12, President Trump announced his intent to nominate John F. Ring to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board. Ring is a partner at the law firm of Morgan Lewis & Bockius and co-leader of the firm’s Labor/Management Relations Practice. If confirmed, Ring will reinstate a Republican majority on the […]
Since the election of President Trump, it has been a question of “when,” not “if,” the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board” or the “NLRB”) would revisit many of the noteworthy decisions issued by the Board during the Obama administration. With Chairman Philip A. Miscimarra’s term expiring on December 16, 2017, the Board issued a […]
Washington, D.C. – On October 18, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) favorably reported ten of President Trump’s nominations to fill important roles within the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Education, and the National Mediation Board. In response, the […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment of Marvin Kaplan for the National Labor Relations Board. In response to the announcement, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace released the following statement from Chair Kristen Swearingen: “Marvin Kaplan will be a tremendous asset to the National Labor Relations Board. With its balance restored, […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, legislation was introduced by House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C.; Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Bradley Byrne, R-Ala.; Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg, R-Mich., Representative Henry Cuellar, D-Texas and Representative Lou Correa, D-Calif. This key, bipartisan legislation will allow the joint employer standard to apply when […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Trump Administration’s nominees for the National Labor Relations Board, William Emanuel and Marvin Kaplan will go before the full U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP). In advance of the hearing, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace released the following statement from Chair Kristen Swearingen: “President Trump […]