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Why the Faster Labor Contracts Act means less freedom and more government control for America’s workers.
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The U.S. Chamber works with leaders at the U.S. Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, Congressional committees, and state legislatures to protect opportunities for independent contractors, promote needed immigration reforms to welcome global talent to the American workforce, and preserve every American’s right to work.
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- U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a statement after introduction of the Warehouse Worker Protection Act in the U.S. Senate.
- Alabama lawmakers have joined the effort to protect workers by stipulating that projects that receive public funding cannot bypass the secret election process.
- The Act would result in OSHA issuing a new ergonomics standard and giving unions a streamlined approach to organizing warehouses.
- Workers in New Jersey voted to remove UAW representation, and the NLRB has surprisingly moved forward with the decertification vote.
- The UAW filed charges against Mercedes Benz in Germany just weeks before the NLRB will hold an election at the automaker’s plant in Alabama.
- Workers at a Chattanooga Volkswagen plant voted for UAW representation last week, even though prior UAW representation ended in a plant closure.
- The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) may have engaged in improper meetings in an attempt to undercut the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.