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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.
Today, Glenn Spencer, Senior Vice President of Employment Policy Division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released the following statement after President Biden announced he would withdraw the Independent Contractor Rule:
In 2019, the U.S. Chamber released a report discussing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a bill in Congress that amounted to nothing more than a litany of organized labor’s policy preferences. Subsequently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill, but it predictably went nowhere in the Senate, which at the time had a Republican majority.
"The PWFA helps keep valued female employees in the workplace and provides needed clarity in the law for employers. We encourage the Senate and the House to work together to pass this legislation, which is a balanced approach to protecting the rights of pregnant employees and the interests of employers. The U.S. Chamber thanks Senators Casey, Cassidy, Capito, Murkowski, and Shaheen for their leadership on this effort, and we look forward to helping move this bill across the finish line."
April 9, 2021 Dear Senator Sinema and Senator Kelly ,
The New Hampshire Business & Industry Association and several other trade associations on April 22 submitted a letter to Senator Hassan expressing their opposition to the PRO Act.
