During a recent oversight hearing before the House Education and the Workforce Committee, Labor Secretary Acosta hinted that his department may revise its interpretation of laws that govern work centers and how they disclose finances.
Conservative think tanks and lobby groups have proposed that organizations like the Fight for $15, OUR Walmart, and Restaurant Opportunities Centers United to be classified as traditional labor organizations under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), making them subject to the same financial disclosure rules as unions.
The Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards, which enforces the LMRDA, has set policy directions to prioritize robust oversight of large union headquarters in the past, but saw their funding cut during the Obama-era. Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx asked Acosta for a detailed response on what his department plans to do to restore the OLMS to its previous capacity.
Read more about the ongoing changes under Acosta and further discussion about this issue here.
