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This Hill Letter was sent to Members of the House of Representatives opposing S.J.Res.13.
This Hill letter was sent to the House Committee on the Judiciary, on several bills the committee will mark up related to antitrust law.
Occasionally, a random comment can reveal a little bit more perhaps than the one who made it intended. That could be said of a recent statement by the acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Peter Sung Ohr, as he discussed the ongoing organizing campaign at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, facility.
Comments to USTR and DOL on Interim Procedural Guidelines for USMCA Petitions
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, supporting H.R. 3897, the "H-2B Returning Worker Exception Act of 2021." This bill is on the Legislative Leadership list for the “How They Voted” scorecard.
88% indicate difficulty in finding skilled workers; of those, 35% have turned down work because of it
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index (CCI) is a quarterly economic index designed to gauge the outlook for, and resulting confidence in, the commercial construction industry.
By Barry DuVal. Originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 14, 2021.
This is holding back growth and posing an impediment to a robust economic recovery.
New federal data released today illustrate the increasingly urgent need to address the country’s ever-worsening workforce crisis.
