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For the last couple of years, this blog has written numerous times about the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which is the wish list of onerous policies that labor unions and their allies hope to pass. Their objective is to hamstring employers and facilitate union organizing efforts in the hope that it will help labor unions reverse a 65-year downward membership trend.
Published in the Arizona Daily Star (www.tuscon.com) By Amber Smith and Neil Bradley Special to the Arizona Daily Star May 19, 2021 The following is the opinion and analysis of the writers: The most consequential legislation you have never heard of is a quiet threat to Arizona’s economy.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the United States Senate, opposing S.J.Res.13, a resolution under the Congressional Review Act which would reverse the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulations, “Update of Commission's Conciliation Procedures."
Samantha Deshommes Regulatory Coordination Division Chief Office of Policy and Strategy U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Department of Homeland Security 5900 Capital Gateway Drive
The following statement can be attributed to U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley.
Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce applauded House passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and urges swift passage in the Senate.
This Coalition letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 1065, "Pregnant Workers Fairness Act."
This Key Vote Alert! letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, supporting H.R. 1065, the "Pregnant Workers Fairness Act."
On May 6, 2021, Michael Billet, senior manager of policy research in the Employment Policy Division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, kicked off the Business Solutions: Empowering Human Trafficking Survivors forum.
As any observer of labor policy knows, unions are very much keen on passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a radical proposal that would upend American labor law, to put it mildly.