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American job creators help workers provide for their families and lead healthy, secure, and fulfilling lives. The Chamber advocates for federal and state-level policies that improve the business climate and drive economic growth while providing opportunities for workers to thrive.
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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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- This publication highlights the activities of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the anti-human trafficking field, including a description of events hosted in 2022 and 2023.The Department of Labor’s new overtime regulation raises the salary threshold, which will harm small businesses and charitable nonprofits.U.S. Chamber Disappointed in Presidential Veto of Bipartisan Joint Employer Congressional Review ActAlabama lawmakers have joined the effort to protect workers by stipulating that projects that receive public funding cannot bypass the secret election process.U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a statement after introduction of the Warehouse Worker Protection Act in the U.S. Senate.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.




















