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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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On February 23, a judge in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan rejected the National Labor Relations Board’s request for a nationwide cease-and-desist order against Starbucks.
The NLRB and its General Counsel are trying to compel employers to engage in certain speech.
Workers United, the same union that has launched campaigns to try and organize at Starbucks, is now trying to organize a Tesla facility in New York.
California businesses need Governor Gavin Newsom to take action to restore the unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund.
For the first time, a USMCA labor complaint has been levied against the same facility twice.
100 business groups request a comment extension on the FTC's notice of proposed rulemaking potentially banning noncompete clauses in employment contracts.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s union membership report for 2022 showed that union membership as a percentage of the workforce declined to 10.1%, the lowest on record.
Media outlets gushed over a purported surge in unionization in 2022, however, new data further illustrates why that is just not the case.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on January 10 in a case addressing the question of whether the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) preempts a state tort claim against a labor union for intentionally destroying an employer’s property during such a dispute.
This Key Vote Alert! letter was sent to the Members of the United States Senate supporting S. 1486, the “Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA),” and the addition of PWFA to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of FY2023.
