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The Department of Labor’s new overtime regulation raises the salary threshold, which will harm small businesses and charitable nonprofits.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a new “walk-around” regulation that will result in OSHA-sanctioned trespassing.
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This Coalition letter was sent to the U.S. House of Representatives supporting H.R. 779, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act. We plan to send a Chamber-only letter as well, later this afternoon.
This letter was sent to the U.S. House of Representatives supporting H.R. 5, the "Equality Act."
On May 2, Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee rolled out a bill that would radically rewrite American labor law.
We have a chance for our countries to set the rules of trade in the 21st century.
This paper addresses the question of whether a worker center is a “labor organization” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act). Put another way, are both traditional labor unions and worker centers included in the term “labor organization” as it is used in the NLRA?
This letter was sent to Chairman Hoeven and Vice Chairman, Udall regarding the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019.
This letter was sent to the United States Senate, opposing S. 61, the “Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019.”
This letter was sent to the members of the United States Congress, supporting H.R. 5 and S. 788, the Equality Act.
In March 2019 the U.S. economy created 196,000 jobs. The unemployment rate is 3.8%.
On April 2, 2019, the House Ways and Means Committee favorably reported out H.R. 1994, the SECURE Act of 2019...