Economist and American Action Forum (AAF) President Doug Holtz-Eakin slammed President Biden’s inclusion of the PRO Act in his infrastructure plan on CNBC’s Squawk Box: “…toss in this Protecting the Right to Organize PRO Act, which is an extraordinarily anti-growth provision. On balance this is bad for economic growth and bad for the economy. So […]

PRO Act would put many small, women- and minority-owned construction contractors out of business before a single shovel hits the ground on Biden’s infrastructure plan Washington, D.C. – The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), composed of hundreds of organizations representing millions of businesses that employ tens of millions of workers nationwide in nearly every […]

Washington, DC – On March 12, the Department of Labor issued a proposal to rescind its Final Rule on the joint employer standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act. CDW strongly disagrees with the Department’s efforts to eliminate this clear, easy-to-understand standard that brought much needed clarity to a complex issue. CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen […]

Coalition Of Business Leaders Say Legislation Will Take Away Employees’ Right To Privacy, Subject Them To Union Intimidation & Threatening Tactics; Potentially Cause Them To Lose Their Job Washington, D.C. – The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), composed of hundreds of organizations representing millions of businesses that employ tens of millions of workers nationwide […]

CDW Voices Opposition In Letter To Lawmakers; Calls Bill A Slap In The Face To Employees & Businesses Struggling To Survive During Pandemic Washington, D.C. – The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), composed of hundreds of organizations representing millions of businesses that employ tens of millions of workers nationwide in nearly every industry, shared […]

President’s Remarks Come As U.S. House Of Representatives Prepares To Vote On The PRO Act, Which Would Enable Union Organizers To Intimidate And Threaten Employees Washington, D.C. – The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), composed of hundreds of organizations representing millions of businesses that employ tens of millions of workers nationwide in nearly every […]

Legislation Would Diminish Employees’ Rights & Threaten Job Creation Nationwide   Washington, D.C. – The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), composed of hundreds of organizations representing millions of businesses that employ tens of millions of workers nationwide in nearly every industry, released the following statement today in response to the pending introduction of the […]

Washington, D.C. – On February 3, CDW submitted an amicus brief to the NLRB in support of Amazon’s Request for Review of a Regional Director’s decision dealing with a representation election at an Amazon facility in Alabama. In our brief, CDW called on the Board to review the case in order to clarify when mail-ballot elections will […]

Washington, D.C. – The new Congress is considering legislation that would take union representation elections online. This legislation is not meant to “modernize” the election process, as the bill’s supporters claim. It will, however: allow union organizers to bypass secret ballot elections and coerce workers into supporting unionization; have a negative impact on participation rates […]

Washington, D.C. – On October 8, CDW filed an amicus brief with the NLRB in Mountaire Farms, Inc, a case examining the Board’s contract bar doctrine. In our brief we explain that the Board’s contract bar doctrine is no longer necessary to establish and maintain stability in labor relations and in actuality impairs employee freedom of choice […]

Washington, D.C. – On September 28, CDW filed comments in support of the NLRB’s election privacy proposed rule. As our comments explain, the coalition supports the Board’s decision to rescind provisions of its 2014 rule requiring disclosure of employee addresses and phone numbers – provisions that threatened to infringe on employees’ privacy rights and needlessly exposed […]

Washington, D.C. – On July 21, the National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in General Motors, a case dealing with the use of profanity in the workplace. The decision reinstates a previous Board standard used to determine if employees were lawfully disciplined or discharged for abusive or offensive statements in the course of activity protected by the National Labor […]

Washington, D.C. – On June 30, Republican leaders on the House Education and Labor Committee, Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Tim Walberg (R-MI), sent a letter to the Chairman and General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board opposing efforts by Democrats to force the Board to hold union elections electronically. CDW applauds Reps. Foxx and Walberg […]

Unions were established to safeguard worker’s rights and they can play an important role in protecting those rights. However, too often Big Labor promotes legislation that hurts workers and the businesses that employ them. Most recently, Nancy Pelosi and the U.S. House of Representatives passed — with the votes of Representatives Anne Kuster and Chris […]

America is experiencing record unemployment, robust economic growth and historically strong wage increases thanks to the pro-growth policies of President Donald Trump. These trends are the same in South Carolina, and we should be proud of that. Given these encouraging trends, the last thing we should do is introduce expansive and disruptive new laws that […]

Washington, DC – On February 25, the NLRB issued its Final Rule on the joint-employer standard under the National Labor Relations Act. The Final Rule reinstates the traditional joint-employer standard while further clarifying the standard by providing valuable definitions for key terms. CDW applauds the Board for finding a comprehensive solution to this complex issue. This Final […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is at it again and Democratic presidential hopefuls former Vice President Joe Biden, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sens. Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren are all with her. Last week, the Democrat-led House of Representatives passed a bill designed solely to empower the Democrats’ Big Labor allies.

The House passes the most sweeping pro-union bill since the Wagner Act.

Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi will bring to the House floor H.R. 2474, which would do just that.

The U.S. economy is thriving, and restaurants continue to be an industry of opportunity — whether it is providing a first job, a second chance after incarceration or a job change, a flexible family-friendly income or a stable and advancing career. But the opportunity millions seek in our industry is at risk because of a […]